The plaque, titled "Boston Molasses Flood", reads: On January 15, 1919, a molasses tank at 529 Commercial Street exploded under pressure, killing 21 people. A 40-foot wave of molasses buckled the elevated railroad tracks, crushed buildings and inundated the neighborhood.

2019年1月15日 · By now you’re aware that today marks 100 years since Boston’s Great Molasses Flood (or Molasses Disaster, or whatever you may call it). On January 15, 1919 a huge tank of molasses on the North End waterfront collapsed, releasing a viscous deluge that killed 21 people, injured a further 150, and damaged and destroyed structures.

2024年9月12日 · Casualties: 21 killed, 150 injured; bodies lay hardened in the thick molasses for days ; Economic Damage: Estimated $100 million (in today's money), the end of a 300-year history of the lucrative Boston molasses industry

The Boston Molasses Disaster, also known as the Great Molasses Flood and the Great Boston Molasses Tragedy, occurred on January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts in the United States.

2023年6月25日 · The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 is a prime example of corporate corner-cutting that has led to disaster. It has played out countless times before; Deep Water Horizon, The East Palestine Train Derailment, and most recently the OceanGate tragedy.

2005年3月21日 · English: Map based on based on official City of Boston, Massachusetts maps published in 1895 and 1915, adding data from published accounts and deduced from photos of the Boston molasses disaster. Purity Distilling molasses tank

2022年3月7日 · From the Boston Tea Party to Bill Buckner’s game-losing blooper in the 1986 World Series, the city of Boston is the home of infamous spills. But few Beantown incidents have captured the public’s fascination quite like the Great Molasses Flood of …

2013年1月14日 · At the intersection of Commercial Street and Copps Hill Terrace in Boston’s industrial North End is a curious historical site. Marked by a small, easily missed plaque is the location of a...

2023年4月26日 · A molasses disaster in 1919 made a sticky mess of the City of Boston. The flood claimed 21 lives, injured over 150 citizens, and left the harbor with long-lasting trauma.

The initial explosion of a molasses storage tank and subsequent deluge killed 21 Bostonians and injured 150, not to mention uncounted horses. In 1919, this street flooded with molasses. The 50-ft. tall tank held two million + gallons of the stuff.

2017年1月13日 · Sugary-sweet molasses turned deadly on January 15, 1919, when a holding tank burst and sent 2.3 million gallons of the sticky liquid sweeping through the streets of Boston.

2019年1月15日 · The day before is known in Boston for the Great Molasses Flood, a strikingly absurd, destructive, and fatal event.

2014年1月16日 · On Jan. 15, 1919, an enormous molasses storage tank burst in Boston’s North End, and a 25-foot-high molasses flood surged through the streets at 35 miles per hour. The molasses flood covered one of the densest commercial sections of Boston, with a busy port and a railway terminal.

2019年1月7日 · Shortly after noon, on that day in 1919, a storage tank containing over 2.3 million gallons of molasses collapsed in the city’s North End. A wave of molasses, estimated by some to be as high as 15 feet, and moving at a speed of approximately 35 …

For everyone in the immediate area, the world went black as a monstrous wave of molasses engulfed everything within a two-block area. The devastation was horrific: the buildings on the dock were flattened or swept off their foundations and crushed.

2024年12月16日 · The spring 2011 One Book One Community selection is Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 by Stephen Puleo. This page provides resources for more information about Boston History, and the Flood.

2009年11月13日 · Fiery hot molasses floods the streets of Boston on January 15, 1919, killing 21 people and injuring scores of others. The molasses burst from a huge tank at the United States Industrial...

2019年1月14日 · Here’s what you need to know about five of the most commonly asked questions (and myths) around the strange and tragic event. So what was all that molasses doing in the heart of Boston in the...

On January 15, 1919, a loud bang sounded and suddenly entire blocks of the city of Boston was swept up in a rushing wave of molasses. Four years prior, in 1915, a massive circular building, a silo of sorts, was erected in the city’s North End, housing a staggering 2,300,000 gallons of molasses for the Purity Distilling Company , a subsidiary ...

2024年10月19日 · They had just enough time to register the sound before the tank split open, sending 2.3 million gallons of molasses rushing down the streets at around 35 miles per hour. This wave of molasses covered the streets damaging property, injuring …