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Written by Strawbery Banke Archive
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 Strawbery Banke Presents
HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #4
On July 22, 1905 Henderson’s Point blew up. Engineers used 50 tons of dynamite
to remove a 540-foot spit of land known locally as "Pull-and-be-Damned-Point"..
The largest explosion to that date in world history removed a dangerous point
of navigation in Portsmouth Harbor. A large crowd gathered to witness the event
while others, fearing disaster, quickly got out of town.
HISTORIC PHOTOS of the Greater Portsmouth Area appear here weekly
ALSO see photos BEFORE & AFTER the explosion
From HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
Early Photographs from the Collections of Strawbery Banke
by James L. Garvin & Susan Grigg, Peter Randall Publisher
(c) Strawbery Banke Museum . All rights reserved.
See new photos weekly here and each Thursday in
The Portsmouth Herald. Edited by J. Dennis Robinson.
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