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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 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 ...
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 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]
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).
What was done about Boston tunnel flooding? Dozens of pumps were stationed in Boston after rains caused the city to flood. Around 400 feet of the tunnel's roadway was impacted by the flooding ...
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]
Ruins of the Great Boston Fire of 1872 Aftermath of the Grover Shoe Factory disaster (1905) Great Chelsea fire of 1908 Streetcar involved in the Summer Street Bridge disaster (1916) being raised from the river Wreckage of the Great Molasses Flood (1919) Damage from the 1953 Worcester tornado Andrea Doria sinking (1956) Wreckage of Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 (1960) Wreckage of the 1967 ...