The molasses flood did for building construction standards what the Cocoanut Grove fire did for fire standardsHe was carried 35ft before slamming against a door. Nowadays, it’s easy to miss the plaque that stands near the former site of the molasses tank. One local, Stephen Puleo, was working on a master’s thesis on Italian immigrants when he began to research the flood. In 2003 Puleo published a book, Dark Tide: the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919. I liked to tell people, the molasses flood did for building construction standards what the Cocoanut Grove fire did for fire standards across the country.

Source: The Guardian January 13, 2019 07:52 UTC