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The Sweet Death of Boston: The Molasses Flood | The Evidence Room
On January 15, 1919, the North End of Boston experienced one of the most bizarre and tragic industrial disasters in American history: the Great Molasses Flood. This episode of The Evidence Room explores how a massive storage tank containing 2.3 million gallons of molasses burst under pressure, releasing a 25-foot-high wave that traveled at 35 miles per hour. Host Cynthia Bandeville dissects the physics behind the catastrophe, explaining how thermal expansion and non-Newtonian fluid dynamics turned a simple industrial accident into a weaponized flood that crushed buildings, killed 21 people…
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