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A 50 foot high tank with a 90 foot circumference collapsed releasing 2,300,000 gallons of the sticky stuff on to the streets. Those looking on said that there was a loud rumbling sound like a machine gun as rivets shot off the tank. Some claimed that the ground shook the way it does when a train passes by.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt took over 87,000 man hours to remove the molasses from the cobblestone streets, theaters, businesses, automobiles, and homes. The harbor was still brown with molasses until summer.
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What are the release dates for The Folklorist - 2012 Boston Molasses Flood Boston Massacre New England's Dark Day the Christmas Truce 1-1?
The Folklorist - 2012 Boston Molasses Flood Boston Massacre New England's Dark Day the Christmas Truce 1-1 was released on: USA: 23 March 2012
How much molasses was there in the molasses flood?
2.3 million gallons of molasses
How did the great molasses disaster start?
how did the molasses flood start
When did the molasses flood occur?
1919
Since the Great Molasses Flood has the smell of molasses dissipated?
Yes. The great molasses flood occurred in 1919, and it covered a large part of Boston with the thick, gooey substance. It took a long while to clean it all up, and for many years, people in the area claimed that on a warm day, they could still smell the molasses. These days, that claim is more of an urban legend than a fact. The disaster occurred nearly 100 years ago, and much has changed in the city of Boston, including new roads and buildings. It is doubtful that the smell of molasses really lingers today.
Who said Laws are cheap of passage costly of enforcment They do not execute themselves?
Judge Wilfred Bolster, in his inquest report following the 1919 Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
Who said Laws are cheap of passage costly of enforcement they do not execute themselves?
Judge Wilfred Bolster, in his inquest report following the 1919 Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
Where did the great molasses flood occur?
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How many people drowned in bostons great molasses flood?
21 people died.
Where is the Boston flood?
america
Why is the city Boston called Boston?
Boston is known as Beantown because Boston was part of the triangular trade and traded many goods with the west indes for molasses there for Boston had many molasses beans were baked in the syrup(molasses) and they became very popular in Boston therefor Boston became well-known for its beans giving it the name of "Beantown"
How do you clean up a Clean molasses spill?
Use salt water, as was used in the Boston Molasses Tragedy of 1919. Warm salt water works best.
