The invisible danger of natural gas before modern safety standards
Natural gas is a cornerstone of modern global innovation, yet its history is marked by tragedy. This video explores how the lessons learned from the 1937 New London School disaster shaped the way we manage this vital resource today.
While natural gas drives countless innovations that benefit society, its deployment has historically required learning from catastrophic failures. The 1937 explosion in New London, Texas, serves as a pivotal moment in engineering history. Although the location of the event is often misremembered—with Tyler situated west of New London rather than east—the impact of the hard lessons learned there continues to influence safety and infrastructure decades later.
Source: When Natural Gas Had No Smell
