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I used to work on a few pro fireworks shows around the Fourth of July for
International Fireworks
in Douglassville, PA. Here are some pictures from one of the shows I did
several years ago in Gloucester City, NJ.
Click on the small pictures to see larger ones.
Shells are loaded into mortar tubes and fired into the air.
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A Chinese Canister Shell
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A "Peanut" Shell
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A Salute Shell
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"Ready Box" full of Six-Inch Shells
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Setting Up
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Racks for the "Grand Finale"- a large number of shells matched together
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Paul, Midge, and Jim taking a break before the show
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Shooting Up
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Mark reloading a six-inch mortar, while another fires in the foreground
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A "cake" shooting a geyser of fire into the sky
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A "flight" of shells fired all at once
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An Orange Peony Shell
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Red and Blue Chrysanthemum Shells
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Red Ring Shells with a Brocade
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A Silver Brocade Shell
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Finale, Part 1
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Finale, Part 2
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Finale, Part 3
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