What happened in the 1800s?
š¢ 1810 - The Argo Merchant runs aground and breaks apart near Nantucket, leading to one of the first major American oil spills.
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Argo Merchant: The Birth of Modern Oil Spill Response (noaa.gov)
The Argo Merchant Grounding and Oil Spill (noaa.gov)
MV Argo Merchant - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
ARGO MERCHANT, United States, 1976 - ITOPF (itopf.org)
1976 M/V Argo Merchant - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (whoi.edu)
Oil Tanker MV Argo Merchant Wrecks in One of the Largest Oil Spills ... (virginia.edu)
Split Tanker Leaves 60āMile Oil Slick Off Nantucket (nytimes.com)
The ARGO MERCHANT Oil Spill on-Scene Coordinator's Report. (dtic.mil)
Nantucket - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)