When Natural Gas Had No Smell

The 1937 New London School Explosion 💻 Use code practicalengineering to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan:  Correction: Tyler is west of New London, not east. Natural gas is one of the most important resources on the planet right now. It’s driven countless innovations that benefit nearly everyone in a huge variety of ways. And so, even if you had never heard of New London, Texas before now, you can feel fairly confident that, all these decades later, you’ve also benefited in some way from the hard lessons learned there in 1937. Thanks to Michael Wereschagin for sharing his expertise and research for this story. Check out his book on the New London School explosion here: Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: Signed copies of my book (plus other cool stuff) are available here: