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One Hundred Years Ago!

Post by Wayne Sheldon » Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:56 pm

My wife stumbled across something on the internet today, and asked me if I had ever heard of it. January 15, 1919, the devastating molasses flood of Boston Massachusetts. We have had a few "Old Photo" threads and discussions about it on this forum over the years. If someone had photos archived of it and would like to post them here, I think that would be good. I lost the links I had in a computer crash about a year ago.

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Re: One Hundred Years Ago!

Post by Mopar_man » Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:40 pm

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Re: One Hundred Years Ago!

Post by Steve Jelf » Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:46 pm

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Re: One Hundred Years Ago!

Post by Matt25T » Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:21 am

Here's A link to few photographs taken by Leslie Jones who was a photographer for The Boston Herald. Its worth looking at some of his other photos on this site too. Truly shocking destruction.

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Re: One Hundred Years Ago!

Post by NHUSA » Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:31 am

My grandfather told me that for many years after the "flood" you could smell molasses in the North end on a humid day.
He didn't allow molasses in the house.
NH - Where I used to live - not the carburetor ! :lol:


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Re: One Hundred Years Ago!

Post by Matt25T » Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:44 am

Opps Might have helped to paste that link I was talking about. Sorry bout that. http://www.lesliejonesphotography.com/c ... t=molasses

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