Why did it 'explode'? (It didn't)

The purpose of this (new) website is to provide (mainly technical) information about the Great Boston Molasses Tank failure of 1919. Please come back when there is more.

Send emails to: bostonmolassestank@gmail.com

Especially if you have some information about the tank and its failure

1. Mayville, R.A., ”A New Structural and Metallurgical Review of the Great Boston Molasses Tank Failure of 1919,” Forensic Engineering 7th Congress, Performance of the Built Environment, 15-18 Nov 2015, Miami, FL
2. Mayville, R.A., “The Great Boston Molasses Tank Failure of 1919,” Civil + Structural Engineer (Sept. 2014)

1. Puleo, Stephen, Dark Tide (Boston; Beacon Press) 2003

1. Anderson, K. (2024) What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919? Penguin Random House, New York
2. Brust, B.W. (1998) The Great Molasses Flood, Troll Communications, USA
3. Einspruch, A. (2008) Recipe for Disaster: The Great Molasses Flood, Educators Publishing Service
4. Kops, D. (2012) The Great Molasses Flood*, Charlesbridge, Watertown, Massachusetts
5. Tarshis, K. (2025) I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919, Scholastic