[2]From the BPL molasses collection [2]. Posted under this CC license [3].
On an unseasonably warm January 15, 1919, a 50-foot-high storage tank of molasses - meant to be turned into rum in the rush before Prohibition - burst on Commercial Street in the North End, creating a giant wave of sticky brown death that destroyed buildings, bent the el and killed 21 people.
- BPL molasses photos [2]
- More from Wikipedia [4]
- Dark Tide [5] - The definitive book on the disaster.