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The day a wave of molasses swept through Boston

11 sources

In January 1919 a storage tank in Boston's North End burst and released 8.7 million litres of molasses.

11 sources

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The tank 3

  1. 1

    Boston Molasses Disaster

    Wikipediawikipedia.org

    Article 0:42 in video
  2. 2

    Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

    Beacon PressStephen Puleopenguinrandomhouse.com1 Sep 2003

    The standard history; chapters 3–5 on how the tank was built and never tested.

    Book 1:15 in video
  3. 3

    Purity Distilling Company tank — hearing transcripts

    Massachusetts Archivesmass.gov

    Archive 2:03 in video

The wave 4

  1. 4

    Molasses Flood: Scientists explain why it was so deadly

    The New York TimesJess Kesslernytimes.com26 Nov 2016

    Article 4:35 in video
  2. 5

    Revisiting the 1919 Boston molasses flood (APS Division of Fluid Dynamics)

    American Physical Societymeetings.aps.org21 Nov 2016

    Cold air made the molasses thicker as it spread, trapping people.

    Paper 5:10 in video
  3. 6

    Weather Bureau daily map, 15 January 1919

    National Weather Serviceweather.gov

    Government 5:48 in video
  4. 7

    Boston Post front page, 16 January 1919

    Library of Congressloc.gov

    Archive Archived copy

After 4

  1. 8

    The Great Molasses Flood — 100 years later

    Smithsonian Magazinesmithsonianmag.com11 Jan 2019

    Article 7:22 in video
  2. 9

    Boston's Great Molasses Flood (documentary)

    Internet Archivearchive.org

    Video
  3. 10

    Massachusetts building code history, 1919–1923

    Commonwealth of Massachusettsmass.gov

    Government 8:10 in video
  4. 11

    North End fatality records, January 1919 (dataset)

    City of Bostondata.boston.gov

    Data