Along the sidewalk near the bocci ball court, between the two baseball diamonds.
US Industrial Alcohol would later pay the flood victims and their families $628,000 - the equivalent of $9.2 million today. A five-story-tall cylindrical metal tank, 90 feet in diameter, had burst. 529 Commercial St., Boston, MA Directions: North End Puopolo Park. A court-appointed auditor disagreed, and in 1925 ruled that the company was to blame for the disaster. The company steadfastly blamed anarchists. The stone-walled structure was once used for gun powder storage in anticipation of.
GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD PLAQUE TRIAL
The trial produced three theories about the cause of the rupture: structural failure of the tank, fermentation of the molasses that led to an eruption and sabotage via a bomb. Located just outside Boston, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts. Litigation swiftly followed the explosion, and the lawsuit and trial against the tank's owner, US Industrial Alcohol, would last six years and grow to one of the most exhaustive in the state's history. Know Before You Go The plaque, and the Old Powder House, are a 10-minute walk from Davis Square. plaque commemorating the Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts. "The sticky liquid now blended, chameleon-like, with the fresh coat of paint, indiscernible from the tank's wall," Puleo wrote. To see the commemorative pickle plaque, follow the steps from the stone house on College Avenue. The Great Molasses Flood or the Boston Molasses Disaster, January 15th, 1919. 15, 1919, at around 12:30 p.m., Boston Police patrolman Frank. After an employee reported a leak, the company acted - by painting over the grey shell of the tank with a rust-brown colour. A hundred years ago this week, 21 people died in the North End of Boston when a 2.3-million-gallon tank of molasses ruptured. Plaque on the Boston Harbor memorializing the event today. A 40-foot wave of molasses buckled the elevated railroad tracks, crushed buildings and inundated the neighborhood. During the summer of 1918, one of the hottest on record in Boston, North End residents began noticing leaks at the tank. When the Great Molasses Flood first occurred the technology of the time limited Bostonians. On January 15, 1919, a molasses truck at 529 Commercial Street exploded under pressure, killing 21 people. The second part of that question was easily answered. On January 15, 1919, a molasses tank at 529 Commercial Street exploded under pres-sure, killing 21 people.
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