The metal used to build the tank was too brittle to handle the extreme change in temperatures. 15, 1919, the temperature had risen above 4☌, which was a significant climb from the chilly temperatures of the preceding days. This is when the first temperature factor came into play. Two days before the disaster, a ship arrived from Puerto Rico with 2.3 million gallons of molasses in tow. Only four of those times were near capacity. The container was filled 29 times before it blew. Children would bring cups to fill with molasses that flowed from the cracks in the tanks. There were obvious signs of the structure failing. The tank wasn't even tested with water before filling it with molasses. The engineers at the time knew that these were flaws and chose to ignore them. The rivets were also too weak to support the pressure of the molasses.
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The tank's steel walls were too thin to support a full tank of molasses. So the tank was created quickly, and inaccurately. Molasses can be distilled to create an alcohol that is used to make dynamite and other explosives, which was in demand during the First World War. The tank was built quickly in 1915 to accommodate the demands of industrial alcohol. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode.The molasses tank, located at the Purity Distilling Company facility, was 50 feet tall and 90 feet in diameter and was designed to hold 2.5 million gallons of liquid. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet - on our Patreon page you can pledge any amount per episode, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support.
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You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on iTunes or Google Play Music or via the RSS feed at. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Tommy Honton, who sent this corroborating link (warning - this spoils the puzzle). Listener mail: Erik Bye's song on the 15th Wisconsin Regiment: Statistics Norway's names database. The Boston Public Library has photos and newspaper headlines. Jennifer Ouellette, "Incredible Physics Behind the Deadly 1919 Boston Molasses Flood," New Scientist, Nov. (The corn syrup video is midway down the page.) Jason Daley, "The Sticky Science Behind the Deadly Boston Molasses Disaster," Smithsonian, Nov. Erin McCann, "Solving a Mystery Behind the Deadly 'Tsunami of Molasses' of 1919," New York Times, Nov. Kole, "Slow as Molasses? Sweet but Deadly 1919 Disaster Explained," Associated Press, Nov. Peter Schworm, "Nearly a Century Later, Structural Flaw in Molasses Tank Revealed," Boston Globe, Jan. United Press International, "The Great Boston Molasses Disaster of 1919," Jan. Ferris Jabr, "The Science of the Great Molasses Flood," Scientific American, Aug. "12 Killed When Tank of Molasses Explodes," New York Times, Jan. Edwards Park, "Without Warning, Molasses in January Surged Over Boston," Smithsonian 14:8 (November 1983), 213-230. Dick Sinnott, "21 Persons Drowned in Molasses Flood," Reading Eagle, Jan. Chuck Lyons, "A Sticky Tragedy," History Today 59.1 (January 2009), 40-42. Steve Puleo, "Death by Molasses," American History 35:6 (February 2001), 60-66. Kaylie Duffy, "Today in Engineering History: Molasses Tanker Explodes, Kills 21," Product Design & Development, Jan. Sean Potter, "Retrospect: January 15, 1919: Boston Molasses Flood," Weatherwise 64:1 (January/February 2011), 10-11. Fred Durso Jr., "The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919," NFPA Journal 105:3 (May/June 2011), 90-93. Sources for our feature on the Boston Molasses Disaster: Stephen Puleo, Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, 2003. In 1834 the American Journal of Science and Arts reported the capture of a pair of conjoined catfish near Fort Johnston, N.C. Intro: In 1888 three women reported encountering a 15-foot flying serpent in the woods near Columbia, S.C. We'll also admire some Scandinavian statistics and puzzle over a provocative Facebook photo. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of the Boston Molasses Disaster, which claimed 21 lives and inscribed a sticky page into the city's history books. In 1919 a bizarre catastrophe struck Boston's North End: A giant storage tank failed, releasing 2 million gallons of molasses into a crowded business district at the height of a January workday.
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