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Pennsylvania Fireworks Display Company factory explosion: Devon, Pennsylvania: United States: 9 deaths: Factory 1 July 1937: Drake Drug Company fireworks explosion: Nampa, Idaho: United States: 6 deaths: Drug Store 6 November 1942: Rochester Fireworks Company explosion: Perinton, New York: United States: 11 deaths: Factory 1 April 1947 ...
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Jul. 2—MANKATO — As fireworks illuminate the sky in cities across the U.S. every Fourth of July, it's easy to get lost in the explosions of light, color and sound. However, it takes hard work ...
Later, M-80s were manufactured as consumer fireworks made from a small cardboard tube, often red, approximately 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (3.8 cm) long and 9 ⁄ 16 inch (1.4 cm) inside diameter, with a fuse coming out of the side; this type of fuse is commonly known as cannon fuse or Visco fuse, after a company responsible for standardizing the product.
The company's largest film contract was for the 1998 film Meet Joe Black, which made such an impression on star Brad Pitt that he later hired Pyro Spectaculars to produce a fireworks display for his wedding to Jennifer Aniston. [4] Some of Pyro Spectaculars by Souza's other well-known shows include: Macy's 4th of July Fireworks (annually)
Now, after 73 years, the Jaffrey-based company is in new hands. Stephen Pelkey, owner and CEO for 37 years, announced on Oct. 1 the company's professional display division was sold to Pyrotecnico ...
Pyrotechnic gerbs used in the entertainment industry. Pyrotechnics is the science and craft of creating such things as fireworks, safety matches, oxygen candles, explosive bolts and other fasteners, parts of automotive airbags, as well as gas-pressure blasting in mining, quarrying, and demolition.
Gaslight Square (also known as Greenwich Corners) [1] was an entertainment district in St. Louis, Missouri active in the 1950s and 60s, covering an area of about three blocks at the intersection of Olive and Boyle, near the eastern part of the current Central West End and close to the current Grand Center Arts District.