Building History

This East Spokane plant experienced a large accident involving multiple tank explosions of industrial gases during the morning of 09/10/1966. A caption for two photographs in the Spokane Daily Chronicleread: "While a huge oxygen tank looms ominously above them to the right, Spokane firemen pour water on an early-morning blaze at the Industrial Air Products Co. in East Spokane that sent 250-pound steel chemical tanks exploding through the air. The tanks containing oxygen, liquid oxygen, acetylene and carbon dioxide, went off like bombs, with concussion strong enough to break windows in nearby buildings. Two employees drove six truckloads of volatile gases away from the plant, to help cut down on the number of explosions. The rubble at the right is all that remained late this morning." (See "Water Poured on Spectacular Blaze," Spokane Daily Chronicle, 09/10/1966, p. 5.)

Demolition

A large explosion, destroying the plant, occurred on the morning of 09/10/1966.

PCAD id: 24645