Send All Available Personnel: The United States and the Great Molasses Flood

November 26th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  59 mins 19 secs

1919, american history, labor, molasses flood, season 1

The Purity Distilling Company molasses tank dominated the North End of Boston, standing 50 feet tall over the surrounding tenements. Residents of the area were accustomed to the sight of tank oozing syrup from its seams and making strange rumbling noises from its depths. And one day in January 1919, life changed forever for Bostonians when the walls of the tank suddenly, inexplicably failed. Was it negligence? Or a vicious attack by anarchists?