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#Great molasses flood facts free#
This article originally appeared in our free semi-monthly newsletter. Schworm, Peter, Nearly a century later, structural flaw in molasses tank revealed, Boston Globe, January 14, 2015.Created using Harvard’s WorldMap software.Map from Boston Redevelopment Authority’s Boston Atlas.From Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection. A metal tank broke, and the 2.3 million gallons of molasses in it poured out onto Commercial Street. The Great Molasses Flood or Boston Molasses Disaster happened in Boston, Massachusetts on January 15, 1919. A metal tank broke, and the 2. The North End after the wave of molasses.
Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919. The Great Molasses Flood or Boston Molasses Disaster happened in Boston, Massachusetts on January 15, 1919. People say they don’t build things like they used to. 6 One of those was on January 13, 1919 - two days before it burst. He also notes that the tank had been filled 30 times, but only four times to capacity. Modern standards would call for more manganese. He agrees that the walls were too thin even by 1916 standards, but adds that the composition of steel used (same as in the Titanic) was susceptible to fracture. Recently a Waltham engineer, Ronald Mayville, released new studies. Others have suggested that a rise in temperature made the molasses ferment and then explode. The investigation at the time found that the steel walls were thinner than specified and the rivets failed to hold. Inset Shows Location of Tank in Modern North End. Hearing explosions he turned, saw what had happened and shouted into the phone “Send all available rescue vehicles and personnel immediately, there’s a wave of molasses coming down Commercial Street!” 2 Patrolman Frank McManus was on a nearby call box giving his midday report. The tank burst shortly after noon on January 15th, releasing over two million gallons of molasses. With a pier on one side and railway tracks on the other, its location was ideal. The tank held molasses used to manufacture munitions in Cambridge. But a century ago Boston’s waterfront was teeming with shipping and commercial activity. Modern Bostonians may wonder why someone would store so much molasses in a primarily residential neighborhood. Yet that is exactly what happened in Boston’s North End on January 15, 1919.
#Great molasses flood facts movie#
Most would dismiss as ludicrous a movie about a 25 foot high wave of molasses that flooded city streets, killed 21 people and injured 150. Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.
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