The day a wave of molasses swept through Boston

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

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The tank 3

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    Boston Molasses Disaster

    Wikipediawikipedia.orgat 0:42

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    Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

    Beacon PressStephen Puleopenguinrandomhouse.com1 Sep 2003at 1:15

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

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    Purity Distilling Company tank — hearing transcripts

    Massachusetts Archivesmass.govat 2:03

The wave 4

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    Molasses Flood: Scientists explain why it was so deadly

    The New York TimesJess Kesslernytimes.com26 Nov 2016at 4:35

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

    American Physical Societymeetings.aps.org21 Nov 2016at 5:10

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

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    Weather Bureau daily map, 15 January 1919

    National Weather Serviceweather.govat 5:48

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    Boston Post front page, 16 January 1919

    Library of Congressloc.govarchived

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    The Great Molasses Flood — 100 years later

    Smithsonian Magazinesmithsonianmag.com11 Jan 2019at 7:22

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    Boston's Great Molasses Flood (documentary)

    Internet Archivearchive.org

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    Massachusetts building code history, 1919–1923

    Commonwealth of Massachusettsmass.govat 8:10

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    North End fatality records, January 1919 (dataset)

    City of Bostondata.boston.gov