Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (Paperback)

from LisCarey

In January 1919, an enormous molasses tank on the Boston waterfront burst, and unleashed a flood of molasses on one of the most congested sections of the city. "Molasses flood" sounds like a joke. It sounds funny. It was January. We all know the expression, "as slow as cold molasses." Twenty-one ...

from LibraryCin

3.75 stars In 1915, a giant tower meant to store molasses was built in Boston, near the water, near the train tracks, right beside a poor and crowded area of the city. In January 1919, the molasses burst from the tower, creating a wave that eventually left 21 dead and many more injured. In additi...

from bherner

The subject is, well, weird. During WWI, molases from the Caribean was shipped to boston to be used to produce industrial alcohol for the war effort. One company slapped together a huge tank (a million gallons or something like that) right near the docks and right near the slum tenements in Bosto...

from msaucier818

What an outstanding find of a book. I had to read this for a history book club I am involved with and I couldn't have had a happier surprise. I don't think I would have ever picked up a book to read about the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston unless I had to. I am really glad I did...The boo...

from Maydacat

Once you read this book, never again will you put any credence in that old saying, “as slow as molasses in January.” On January 15, 1919, a torrent of fast-moving, sticky molasses burst from its confines in a fifty-foot tank. Within seconds, the beginning tidal wave, 25 feet high and 160 feet wid...