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Mar 2, 2007 | 06:55 PM

xtrford

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A little explosive fun

I was going through some of my Dad's (may he rest in peace) stuff that was packed away in my basement and I came across some photos of a huge explosion, I mean massive, and there was a small write-up on each photo indicating the place of origin, it was Ripple Rock and dated 1958. Now when I was a kid he did mention he worked on a huge scale project during that time, something to the fact about one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever. I did a little research on the "Ripple Rock" project and found out there was this really troubled shipping lane north of Vancouver called Seymour Narrows. To make a long story short there were many casualties and sunken ships due to a huge mountain like rock underneath the Seymour Narrows causing shipping transport companies huge amounts of money. They tunneled from the main land and into the rock itself and in carefully placed shafts, dumped over a million pounds of tnt and let 'er rip. Can you say ....KA-BOOM!

http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-75-657-...e_rock_blasted

I even found an old VHS tape on this event and saw my Dad in his teens working on this project. I couldn't believe he never told me more about this, but he was always a humble man.

Mar 2, 2007 | 07:21 PM

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Nice video clip. I didn't think it would ever blow up but when it did, it was a BIG one.

Mar 2, 2007 | 07:48 PM

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That was cool

Mar 2, 2007 | 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by lswartz

Nice video clip. I didn't think it would ever blow up but when it did, it was a BIG one.

Ya I should have warned you to skip through to about 2/3's the way. Quite a long count down.

Mar 2, 2007 | 10:07 PM

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Canada is a blast!

not to go OT, but anyone here remember this infamous, tragic blast?

http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/AtoZ/HalExpl.html

Mar 2, 2007 | 10:13 PM

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That was one big blast. Glad I was not fishing there! J/K

Mar 2, 2007 | 10:28 PM

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[QUOTE=furball69]Canada is a blast!

not to go OT, but anyone here remember this infamous, tragic blast?

http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/AtoZ/HalExpl.html[/QUOTE]

I remember watching that on the Discovery channel, that was scary big.