The Sticky Disaster That Defined a City: Boston’s Great Molasses Flood
The Sticky Disaster That Defined a City: Boston’s Great Molasses Flood - History Collection
The Unlikely Catalyst: A Molasses Tank
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At the heart of the Great Molasses Flood was a colossal storage tank that stood 50 feet tall and 90 feet in diameter. Constructed hastily in 1915 by the United States Industrial Alcohol Company, it...