StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 15 hours agoThe great Boston molasses flood of January 15th 1919. A storage tank burst from the rising temperature, creating a wave of molasses travelling 35 mph, killing 21 people and injuring 150 (colorized)sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down11
arrow-up191arrow-down1imageThe great Boston molasses flood of January 15th 1919. A storage tank burst from the rising temperature, creating a wave of molasses travelling 35 mph, killing 21 people and injuring 150 (colorized)sh.itjust.worksStarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours agoDid they change the way they store it now, since this happen?
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 hours agoWell, one of the causes of the flood was that, even by 1919 standards, the storage tank wasn’t up to code, and the corporation involved deliberately ignored and hid signs of imminent failure.
Did they change the way they store it now, since this happen?
Well, one of the causes of the flood was that, even by 1919 standards, the storage tank wasn’t up to code, and the corporation involved deliberately ignored and hid signs of imminent failure.