A 15-Foot Wave of Molasses Hit Boston at Lunchtime. The Tank Had Been Painted to Hide the Leaks
Children used to catch the drips in pails. The tank groaned every time it was full, so the company painted it brown. On a mild January day in 1919, the rivets started firing like a machine gun, and 2.3 million gallons of molasses came down Commercial Street. Listen to the narrated true crime podcast episode.