LazySamosa 
The Great Molasses Flood of 1919: Boston’s Sticky Disaster! #shorts #boston #molasses
“A flood that wasn’t water—but molasses? How could something sweet turn so deadly?”
“On January 15, 1919, in Boston’s North End, a 50-foot-tall steel tank holding over 2.3 million gallons of molasses suddenly ruptured. The pressure sent a tsunami-like wave of sticky syrup rushing through the streets at 35 miles per hour. The wave reached as high as 25 feet, crushing everything in its path. Buildings were flattened, vehicles were tossed aside like toys, and even the elevated train tracks were damaged.”
“21 people lost their lives, and over 150 were injured. The sheer force of the molasses was so intense that cleanup efforts took months, with workers using sand, saltwater, and even fire hoses to clear the sticky residue. The Boston Molasses Disaster is one of the most bizarre industrial accidents in history, and its aftermath forever changed regulations for industrial storage tanks.”
#MolassesDisaster
#bostonhistory
#IndustrialAccidents
#weirdhistory
#molassesflood
#historyfacts
#StrangeDisasters
#1919Disaster
#americanhistory
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I can’t stand the smell of molasses! And everything would be sticky
If you believe this, you're slower than molasses in January… 😂
21 people died