Great Molasses Flood (1919)
On January 15, 1919, a 2.3-million-gallon molasses tank burst on Commercial Street, sending a deadly wave through the North End that killed 21 — and reshaped American engineering law.
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1659: The North End’s 1659 burying ground — colonial Boston’s free Black community of "New Guinea" lies here with the Mather dynasty, and British cannon fired on Bunker Hill from its crest.
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- Date
- January 15, 1919
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- 2
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Great Molasses Flood (1919) is linked, through the graph, to North End — neighborhood, 5 min walk away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.
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