Belfast is accessed by car via the Antrim Road or M2 motorway.
It exploded after he picked up the device which had fallen from underneath a car outside a house on the Antrim Road.
Another one was burnt-out on Antrim Road.
He sat until his death, which took place at Antrim Road, Belfast, on 4 Dec. 1878.
It is approximately 2.7 acre area located 250 feet south of Antrim Road and the Public Works facility.
The Antrim Road in particular took the full force of the air raid which resulted in an inferno that engulfed the street.
The Antrim Road was the scene of several high profile attacks and killings during the conflict known as the Troubles.
Both had been on patrol on the Antrim Road when they were hit.
It took 150 men to build the site and the steps can still be seen from Antrim Road today.
Antrim Road, takes its name from the settlement it leads to, Antrim town.