Record-Breaking PR Stunt Ends in Citywide Chaos

Great Molasses Flood of 1919

On January 15, 1919, a "sweet, sticky death" poured from a burst storage tank in Boston. A tide of molasses 40 feet high and 160 feet wide washed through the streets at 35 miles per hour. The molasses solidified due to the cold winter temperatures, destroying anything in its path.

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