March 2: A Great and Deadly Accident Finds a City Unprepared

  Around 2:00pm on March 2, 1854, a deafening blast rocked the Dutch Point neighborhood of Hartford following the explosion of a massive steam boiler at the Fales & Gray Car Works factory.…

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Eurocopter MBB-BK 177 C-2 seen in the hover at #Simsbury #Flyin, in #Connecticut #USA. Operated by 'Life Star', this organisation services Hartford Hospital in Connecticut with emergency #medivac flights. Simsbury is the site of an annual major aviation/automobile event, run by the local flying club. #VTOL @VTOLsociety #helicopter #MBB #flyingclub #aviation #event #photography #NewEngland #LifeStar #avgeek #HartfordHospital