For those interested in this unusual event, the book Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 chronicles the run-up to the disaster and the enormous c

For those interested in this unusual event, the book Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 chronicles the run-up to the disaster and the enormous court case which followed, in which USIA attempted to blame Italian anarchists for the tank's destruction. The book also suggests that the behaviour of warm molasses was a likely factor, notably the effect of combining it with the cold molasses already in the tank. So this new research fits perfectly.