Boston Molasses Disaster

Boston Molasses Disaster On January 15, 1919, one of the most tragic and strange disasters occurred in Boston, Massachusetts. It was around forty degrees that day, when two days previously it had been only two degrees. At 12:30 PM 2,300,000 gallons of molasses spilled into the streets near Keany Square after the tank holding it exploded, most think due to a combination of poor design and the drastic temperature flux. The aftermath was tragic, with twenty one deaths and one hundred and fifty injured

------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Boston Molasses Disaster The Boston Molasses Disaster, also known as the Great Molasses Flood and the Great Boston Molasses Tragedy, occurred on January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. A large molasses storage tank burst, and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35

insane, doesn’t it? Throughout this essay, I am going to talk about the history of molasses (syrup), The Great Molasses Flood of 1919, and how we know swimming in syrup is much like swimming in a pool of water. “Molasses, from the Latin word melaceres, meaning honey-like, is a thick dark syrup that is a byproduct of sugar refining. This results when sugar is crystallized out of sugar cane or sugar beet juice.” (Molasses) Before doing thorough research, I never knew the history of syrup, in fact, I had

“Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster” (J.Wallis). A natural disaster can be an environmental, technological, or human error. A natural disaster reveals a true society for how they recover from such devastation. The true potential that we have in all of us to come together and become stronger is astounding. After a disaster occurs, we want to learn what went wrong, how it went wrong, who was involved, and if there was any rules broking. For that we can evolve our society

the British deploying troops into the colonies. On March 5th, 1770, tensions flared between the colonists and the soldiers, and what started as a harmless snowball fight resulted in three colonists dead. The death of these three men were dubbed the Boston Massacre as a way to show the heartlessness and tyranny of the British. With the British soldiers squandering colonist’s land, opportunities, and even lives the colonists began utilizing less conservative ways to fight back against the

Economic ideas and systems come and go. Many systems have failed and many have succeeded. The British system of mercantilism was actually quite a good system for England. They raked in profits from their colonies. The only problem was that they did not give enough economic freedom to their colonies. At almost every turn, the British tried to restrict what their colonies could do and whom they could trade with. In hindsight, I believe that the British may have been a bit more lenient on their restrictions

From 1754 to 1763, the French and Indian War cost Britain greatly. Feeling that the colonists benefitted the most from this war, Britain decided to tax the thirteen colonies to help pay for it. After all, the war provided the colonists with greater protection from the natives, and now had more land that had been conquered from France. Colonists in the early 1700’s were English subjects. As Englishmen, they were entitled to certain rights. One of these rights was there was to be “no taxation without

Abstract—The following paper addresses the importance of engineering ethics as it pertains to the health, safety, and well-being of not only individuals but society. By beginning with the root needs of engineering ethics by first discussing its history and then moving on to how unethical choices can and have had a deadly impact on communities. Once a basis is established the document states the core fundamentals, instructions, and responsibilities of engineering ethics. I. INTRODUCTION What is