A Sweet Disaster: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
On a crisp summer Molasses Flood day in 1919, the quiet streets of Boston's North End were abruptly overwhelmed by an unexpected and devastating catastrophe. A massive tank holding thousands of gallons of molasses, a popular sweetener at the time, suddenly ruptured, sending a sticky wave of brown sludge through the streets like a flood. Buildings w