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  • August’s Think & Drink: The Great Molasses Flood & Boston’s Waterfront

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    Wisconsin Maritime Museum

    On January 15th, 1919, a massive industrial storage tank containing 2.3 million gallons of molasses suddenly ruptured in Boston’s North End. Moving at 35 miles per hour, a 25-foot wave of sticky, sweet syrup ripped through the streets, destroying buildings, crushing infrastructure, and claiming the lives of 21 people in one of the nation's unlikeliest […]

  • Think & Drink: Tragedy of the Phoenix

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    Wisconsin Maritime Museum

    Jumping overboard from a burning ship into the icy November waters of Lake Michigan or remaining on board to die. Only two lifeboats were available for the approximately 215 passengers and crew on board the Phoenix. In the last leg of the journey from Manitowoc to Sheboygan,  the boilers had overheated, and the ship caught […]

  • Think & Drink: The 1980 Eruption & Recovery of Mount St. Helens

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    Wisconsin Maritime Museum

    When Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, it instantly transformed hundreds of square miles of lush Pacific Northwest forest into a silent wasteland. Though while the world watched what looked like an absolute ecological dead zone, a quiet and unexpected rebellion of life was already beginning just beneath the grey surface. Join author […]