The Great Molasses Flood
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- American Physical Society
January 15, 1919: Physics and the Boston Molasses Flood
The fluid-dynamics research supporting contemporary estimates of the flood’s speed and modern analysis of the tank’s thin, brittle steel and riveted joints.
https://www.aps.org/apsnews/2017/01/this-month-in-physics-history - Boston Public Library
Boston’s Great Molasses Flood
Contemporary estimates of the wave’s height and speed, the Boston Post’s account, and the disaster’s death and injury totals.
https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/bostons-great-molasses-flood/ - Smithsonian Magazine
Without Warning, Molasses Surged Over Boston 100 Years Ago
The tank’s final shipment of molasses from Puerto Rico and the conditions surrounding the disaster.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/without-warning-molasses-january-surged-over-boston-180971251/ - Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Great Molasses Flood
The tank’s persistent leaks, the rejection of USIA’s sabotage claim, and the disaster’s role in stronger construction, inspection, and engineering requirements.
https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/state-house-tours/did-you-know/Molasses-Flood.htm