August’s Think & Drink: The Great Molasses Flood & Boston’s Waterfront
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 […]