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English: Blue plaque commemorating the 1922 Tipton Catastrophe, aka Dudley Port Explosion, on Groveland Road, Dudley Port, Tipton, West Midlands, England. (Tipton was in Staffordshire at the time of the event.)
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Andy Mabbett    wikidata:Q15136093
 
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Camera location52° 31′ 12.23″ N, 2° 03′ 16.52″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Tipton Civic Society

Near this spot on 6th March 1922 occurred the Dudley Port Explosion when 19 girls were killed whilst dismantling redundant WW1 cartridges. Their memorial stands in Tipton Cemetery

The Friends of Tipton Cemetery Adrian Bailey MP

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