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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 January 2025. 1919 accident in Massachusetts, United States Great Molasses Flood The wreckage of the collapsed tank is visible in background, center, next to the light-colored warehouse Date January 15, 1919 ; 106 years ago (1919-01-15) Time Approximately 12:30 pm Location Boston, Massachusetts, U.S ...
The flood is the perfect storm of peculiar (it was a wave of molasses after all), and also tragic. Together those two factors inevitably spark intrigue, and ensure that the events from 106 years ...
The Charles River Dam is a flood control structure on the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts, located just downstream of the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge, near Lovejoy Wharf, on the former location of the Warren Bridge. [1]
Of the earliest in recorded history two stand out: The London beer flood in 1814, and the Dublin whiskey fire in 1875. In St. 40-foot wave of molasses razed Boston community more than a century ago
The lower 9-mile (14 km) portion of the watershed known as the "Charles River Basin" was created in 1910 with the construction of a dam across the mouth of the river. There was no dependable means of discharging river flood flows into Boston Harbor, since the dam relied on gravity flow with the sluice gates operating only at low tide.
Forecasters warned of storm surge and tide leading to coastal and inland flooding in New York and Boston
Flooding also shut down sections of commuter rail lines heading into and out of Boston, and caused sewage to overflow from treatment plants and into Boston Harbor. [5]
As a flash flood warning was in effect for the city of Boston, flooding caused delays on MBTA subway's Green Line C branch service between Cleveland Circle and Coolidge Corner stations. [121] [126] In Andover, 3.18 in (81 mm) of rain fell, while Boston received 3 in (76 mm).