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Memphis tank truck disaster
tourist highlight Memphis tank truck disaster · Beale Street, United States · 1988-12-23
1988 explosion and fire in the United States.
The record
| Date | 1988-12-23 |
|---|---|
| Place | Memphis tank truck disaster, Beale Street, United States |
| Coordinates | 35.15156, -90.02147 (landmark-level precision) |
| Scope | Local interest |
| Sources | Wikidata Q105163435 |
| Added | 2026-08-21 · source: wikidata |
Coordinates are given at landmark level. A landmark-level coordinate points at the structure; a city-level one points at the settlement, not at a parcel.
Finding photographs
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- The reference article — its own illustrations, and its citations to archives.
- Image search filtered to reusable licences — useful for tracing which institution holds a picture.
- National and municipal archives of United States, and the picture desks of newspapers published there at the time.
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Footage
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Time layers at this place
One place, several moments in time. This location has 8 recorded time layers between 1929 and 2008 — slide through them:
- 1929 — Sterick Building
- 1936 — New Daisy Theatre
- 1949 — Clayborn Temple
- 1954 — Elvis records at Sun
- 1971 — Beale Street Baptist Church
- 1988 — Memphis tank truck disaster this page
- 2003 — FedExForum
- 2008 — Toof Building
Harvested from a regional source. This entry came out of Wikidata Q105163435 rather than being written here, which is why it is short and why it is marked as needing a check. It is published as a lead for someone who knows the place: fill it in.
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- New Daisy Theatre (1936)Beale Street