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File name: 77103

Title: Panorama of the Molasses Disaster site

Creator/Contributor: Globe Newspaper Co. (creator)

Date created: 1919-01-15

Description:

English: Twenty one people were killed on Commercial Street in the North End when a tank of molasses ruptured and exploded. An eight foot wave of the syrupy brown liquid moved down Commercial Street at a speed of 35mph. Wreckage of the collapsed tank visible in background, center, next to light colored warehouse. Elevated railway structure visible at far left and the North End Park bathing beach to the far right. A "before" view of the disaster can be seen in this image.
Français : Vingt-et-une personnes furent tuées dans la rue Commercial Street du quartier North End suite à la rupture d'un réservoir industriel de mélasse. Après l'explosion du réservoir, une vague de liquide sirupeux brun, haute de huit pieds (2,5m), déferla vers le bas de Commercial Street à une vitesse de 35 mph (56 km/h). Les décombres du réservoir effondré sont visibles à l'arrière-plan, au centre, à côté de l'entrepôt de couleur claire. L'infrastructure du chemin de fer est visible à l'extrême gauche de la photo et la plage de North End Park à l'extrême droite.

Genre: Photographic prints; Aerial views

Subjects: Accidents; Floods; Molasses Disaster, Boston, Mass., 1919

Notes: Verso of print stamped Boston Globe.

Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department

Rights: No known restrictions
Date Taken on 15 January 1919
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/4901555337/ Panorama of the Molasses Disaster site
Author BPL

Licensing

Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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Infrastructure damage from the Boston Molasses Disaster

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15 January 1919Gregorian

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current04:10, 15 December 2017Thumbnail for version as of 04:10, 15 December 20173,000 × 2,388 (4 MB)Nesnadeven more detailed view
04:06, 15 December 2017Thumbnail for version as of 04:06, 15 December 20173,515 × 2,879 (2.05 MB)Nesnadquite larger and clearer img for posterity
15:51, 20 October 2014Thumbnail for version as of 15:51, 20 October 20141,500 × 1,186 (412 KB)Ke4rohdesaturate, adjust contrast
11:31, 18 September 2010Thumbnail for version as of 11:31, 18 September 20101,500 × 1,186 (490 KB)M2545larger image
05:25, 9 September 2007Thumbnail for version as of 05:25, 9 September 2007908 × 722 (155 KB)Jeeny~commonswikilarger image, although still low resolution
21:30, 23 July 2005Thumbnail for version as of 21:30, 23 July 2005300 × 246 (29 KB)Matanya (usurped)from en wikipedia. /tmp/BostonMolassesDisaster.jpeg Since the event occurred in 1919, I believe that the image should be in the public domain in the US, although I can locate no web source. The photographer seems to be Leslie Jones, a Boston Herald

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