8/24/2023 0 Comments Boston molasses flood converswThe next day, an article in the Boston Post provided a graphic account of the sight that met the first responders: The flood was over in less than five minutes and rescuers, including over a hundred sailors from the USS Nantucket, quickly arrived on the scene. A wave of molasses, estimated by some to be as high as 15 feet, and moving at a speed of approximately 35 miles per hour, swept through the area. Shortly after noon, on that day in 1919, a storage tank containing over 2.3 million gallons of molasses collapsed in the city’s North End. Tuesday, Januis the 100 th anniversary of Boston’s Great Molasses Flood.
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