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Friday[03], Jan 15, 2016
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Tonight's Topic: "The Great Molasses Flood!"
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Shortly after noon on January 15,
1919, a 50-foot-tall (90 feet in diameter) steel
tank filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses collapsed on Boston’s
North End waterfront, disgorging its contents in a 15-foot-high by 160-foot-wide wave of
molasses that traveled at 35 miles per hour over 3/4 of a
mile.
The ensuing flood killed 21 people, injured 150, destroyed scores of horses, and left a trail of property damage and destruction in Boston’s most heavily traveled commercial areas (the tank was located on Commercial Street, near the waterfront).
Owned by US Industrial Alcohol (USIA), the huge tank was used to transfer West Indian molasses from ocean steamers, store as needed, and then load into railroad tank cars which delivered it to the company's nearby alcohol distilling plant.
So, accordingly, how much do you know about the "Great Boston Molasses Flood of January 15, 1919"?
For tonight's True-or-False ("TorF") questions, please give us your best answers for each of the following 3 TRUE or FALSE questions, by using the (reuseable) answers of "A"=TRUE or "B"=FALSE.
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++ "The Great Molasses Flood!" ++
Question #1: With WWI over, USIA still continued to distill a small portion of the molasses into "industrial alcohol" -- which could be used to make munitions and dynamite; however, over 80% of it was distilled into grain alcohol for rum -- True or False?
A. True, or
B. False.
A. True, or
B. False.
In one of the most unusual ironies, during the clean-up efforts the
evening following the disaster, church bells pealed across Boston as
Nebraska became the 36th state to approve the Prohibition amendment.
A. True, or
B. False.
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Tonight's Topic: "The Great Molasses Flood!"
ANSWERS = [ B - A - A]
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The ensuing flood killed 21 people, injured 150, destroyed scores of horses, and left a trail of property damage and destruction in Boston’s most heavily traveled commercial areas (the tank was located on Commercial Street, near the waterfront).
Owned by US Industrial Alcohol (USIA), the huge tank was used to transfer West Indian molasses from ocean steamers, store as needed, and then load into railroad tank cars which delivered it to the company's nearby alcohol distilling plant.
So, accordingly, how much do you know about the "Great Boston Molasses Flood of January 15, 1919"?
For tonight's True-or-False ("TorF") questions, please give us your best answers for each of the following 3 TRUE or FALSE questions, by using the (reuseable) answers of "A"=TRUE or "B"=FALSE.
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++ "The Great Molasses Flood!" ++
Question #1: With WWI over, USIA still continued to distill a small portion of the molasses into "industrial alcohol" -- which could be used to make munitions and dynamite; however, over 80% of it was distilled into grain alcohol for rum -- True or False?
A. True, or
B. False.
USIA/Purity Distilling need a huge tank to the store the molasses after it
was off-loaded from steamers that transported their shipments from
Cuba, Puerto Rico, and West Indies.
Crews could then load molasses from the tank onto railcars that would transfer the sugary substance as needed to the company's manufacturing plant in nearby East Cambridge.
There, a small portion of molasses would be distilled into grain alcohol for rum, but most of it, more than 80% would be distilled into industrial alcohol that would be used as a major ingredient in the production of munitions, especially dynamite, smokeless powder, and other high explosives.
[SOURCE: Stephen Puleo, Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (2003)]
Question
#2:
Ironically, the following evening
after the disaster, Nebraska became the 36th state to approve the Prohibition amendment
-- which would go into effect one year later -- True or False?Crews could then load molasses from the tank onto railcars that would transfer the sugary substance as needed to the company's manufacturing plant in nearby East Cambridge.
There, a small portion of molasses would be distilled into grain alcohol for rum, but most of it, more than 80% would be distilled into industrial alcohol that would be used as a major ingredient in the production of munitions, especially dynamite, smokeless powder, and other high explosives.
[SOURCE: Stephen Puleo, Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (2003)]
A. True, or
B. False.
Prohibition would go into effect exactly one year later as required by
the Constitution.
[SOURCE: Stephen Puleo, Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (2003)]
Question
#3:
One of the Boston's Duck Tours converted WWII
amphibious vehicles used for sight-seeing tours is named "Molasses Molly"
-- True or False?[SOURCE: Stephen Puleo, Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (2003)]
A. True, or
B. False.
Meet the Ducks: Molly Molasses
Molly is named for the Great Molasses Flood that occurred in the North End on January 15, 1919. (See photo on Blog)
Molly was named by Boston Duck Tours’ History Officer, James Healy and christened in 1999 at our Prudential Center Duck Stop. Bostonducktours Boston north end May 17th, 2014
[SOURCE: Boston Duck Tours — Meet the Ducks Molly Molasses]
Molly is named for the Great Molasses Flood that occurred in the North End on January 15, 1919. (See photo on Blog)
Molly was named by Boston Duck Tours’ History Officer, James Healy and christened in 1999 at our Prudential Center Duck Stop. Bostonducktours Boston north end May 17th, 2014
[SOURCE: Boston Duck Tours — Meet the Ducks Molly Molasses]
Before:
January 15, 1919:
Today:
+++Book Discussion on Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (C-SPAN, October 1, 2003)
Author Stephen Puleo talked about his book, Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, published by Beacon Press.
On January 15, 1919, a huge steel tank filled with more than two million gallons of molasses collapsed on Boston’s waterfront.
The resulting flood of molasses left twenty-one people dead and 150 injured.
Mr. Puleo traces the history of the event from the tank’s construction in 1915 through the lawsuits that followed the disaster.
After his presentation, he responded to questions from the audience.
++Dramatic Retelling: The Folklorist: The Great Boston Molasses Flood (Official)
Other References:Author Stephen Puleo talked about his book, Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, published by Beacon Press.
On January 15, 1919, a huge steel tank filled with more than two million gallons of molasses collapsed on Boston’s waterfront.
The resulting flood of molasses left twenty-one people dead and 150 injured.
Mr. Puleo traces the history of the event from the tank’s construction in 1915 through the lawsuits that followed the disaster.
After his presentation, he responded to questions from the audience.
++Dramatic Retelling: The Folklorist: The Great Boston Molasses Flood (Official)
+++Book: Stephen Puleo, Dark Tide -- The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919.
(Author's page with notes, photos, more...)
+++WebSource: The Great Boston Molasses Flood - MaxGuides at Clement C. Maxwell Library
(Large collection of material -- excellent!)
+Yankee Magazine Article -- "The Molasses Disaster of January 15, 1919" by John Mason.
John Mason describes the events with facts known about the disaster and some embellishments coloring the lives of the victims.
+Smithsonian -- "Without Warning, Molasses in January Surged Over Boston" by Edwards Park.
Edwards Park also describes the events of the day, with some impressions of its place in Boston history.
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++ QUOTE OF THE DAY ++
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Good luck everyone!
Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
K7LWA.INS@gmail.com
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Next Week: "Hit the _____!"
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Thank you!
Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
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(Author's page with notes, photos, more...)
+++WebSource: The Great Boston Molasses Flood - MaxGuides at Clement C. Maxwell Library
(Large collection of material -- excellent!)
+Yankee Magazine Article -- "The Molasses Disaster of January 15, 1919" by John Mason.
John Mason describes the events with facts known about the disaster and some embellishments coloring the lives of the victims.
+Smithsonian -- "Without Warning, Molasses in January Surged Over Boston" by Edwards Park.
Edwards Park also describes the events of the day, with some impressions of its place in Boston history.
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++ QUOTE OF THE DAY ++
"I looked up,
and I couldn't believe
my eyes, there was a huge wave... a huge wave of... a brown wave...
coming down toward me... and it was big... and I don't know
how high it
was... must, God, it must have been 8 to 10 feet, something
like
that... just roaring down the street right at me... so I turned around
and I ran as fast as I could toward the cemetery down there and I
remember standing there in the cemetery and hanging on to a
tombstone...."
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[Source: John
"Cappy" Sullivan (4 years-old survivor) |
[YT-Video Link: The Sweetest Thing In the Wake of the Amber Tide]
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Please include you name, Callsign, and those correct answers.
Good luck everyone!
Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
K7LWA.INS@gmail.com
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Next Week: "Hit the _____!"
================
Thank you!
Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
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