StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 12 days agoThe great Boston molasses flood of January 15th 1919. A storage tank burst from the rising temperature, creating a wave of molasses travelling 35 mph, killing 21 people and injuring 150 (colorized)sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down13
arrow-up1128arrow-down1imageThe great Boston molasses flood of January 15th 1919. A storage tank burst from the rising temperature, creating a wave of molasses travelling 35 mph, killing 21 people and injuring 150 (colorized)sh.itjust.worksStarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-211 days agoFound some more info: the original tank was cylinder-shaped, 50ft tall, 90ft in diameter, and contained 2.3M gallons of product. Some pics of what it looked like before the explosion… https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/img/2019/m/molasses1_0.jpg https://www.yospinlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019-01-15-Great-Molasses-Flood-image.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Boston_Molasses_Flood_Aftermath_(original_tank_scale_superimposed).png
Found some more info: the original tank was cylinder-shaped, 50ft tall, 90ft in diameter, and contained 2.3M gallons of product. Some pics of what it looked like before the explosion…