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Colorized photo from 1919, Jan 15th
Original Title: Boston molasses explosion
Location: 529 Commercial Street in North Boston

The story is long, and its on the original. Here is the fast version. A very large tank 58x90ft or so in size, carrying 2.5 million gallons of molasses, exploded. It sent out a wave that was any where between 8-20 feet tall (depending who you asked and how close you were to it). It covered an expanse of 160 ft in diameter, and traveled at a speed of 35mph.

This would normally be hilarious, but 21 people were killed, 150 were hurt, animals of all kinds died, and it destroyed 2 blocks of houses and buildings. Most of them were destroyed, and it took months to clean up. The entire city was covered in the stuff because people tracked through it. The entire city of Boston was sticky.

The image was a documentary shot, it was made to cover a story. This particular angle, had a huge pole running down the middle of it. And while I could...

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