![]() Images used in this post are in the public domain. We’re always on the lookout for teams who make. Founded in Boston in 2014 by Bioshock, Halo, and Guitar Hero & Rock Band series veterans, The Molasses Flood is known for survival and base-building games The Flame in the Flood and Drake Hollow. Or, find me on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Google Local, or Avvo. CD PROJEKT announces the acquisition of US-based developer, The Molasses Flood. If you have questions about the Great Molasses Flood, or improvements for storage tanks, call me at 61 or email me at my Contact Me page. The lawsuit helped to bring about improved corporate regulation. The United States Industrial Alcohol Company, in the end, paid out $628,000 in damages, which would be about $9.5 million in buying power in 2018 dollars (according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ CPI inflation calculator, others put the current buying power at between $9.1M and $10.3M). Legal changes after the Great Molasses FloodĪfter the Great Molasses Flood, residents and relatives of the injured and deceased people brought one of the first Massachusetts class-action lawsuits against the owner of the facility. The image featured at the top of this post is from US 2395685A, Storage tank – while it is from after the Great Molasses Flood, I chose it because it is close to the type of tank that failed, causing the flood, and is pictured as well. After the Great Molasses Flood, and into the 1940’s and beyond, patents for steel storage tanks proliferated, especially for above-ground and below-ground storage of oil and gasoline. Pictured here are images from US 636869A, Steel ore-bin US 1654359A, Apparatus for heating and emptying asphalt tanks US 1101605A, Method for conserving natural gas and oil and US 1338484A, Method of constructing storage-receptacles. Ever heard the saying slower than molasses Turns out it’s not true. While patents from prior to 1900 are not always easy to search, my review shows that there were many patents issued prior to the Great Molasses Flood for storage tanks: some steel, some concrete, and some made for storage of liquids such as molasses, water, natural gas, or oil, and some for storage of solids such as ores, grain, or coal. Published JUpdated SeptemOn January 15, 1919, a poorly-constructed tank burst open and sent a 25-foot-high wave of molasses through Boston's North End, killing 21 people and injuring 150 others. Analysis soon after the Great Molasses Flood, and more recent studies, suggests that the tank was made of steel that was much too thin for the load of the mass of molasses it stored. The molasses was stored in a steel tank that was about 50 feet high and about 90 feet in diameter. Engineering, patents, and the Great Molasses Flood ![]() For decades, residents claimed to be able to smell molasses on hot days, from molasses that seeped into the ground – and perhaps even to this day. 21 people died, about 150 were injured, and buildings and railway infrastructure were damaged or destroyed. Over 2 million gallons of molasses burst from a storage tank and rushed down Commercial Street, at a speed estimated at 35 mph. Today, January 15, 2019, is the 100th anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood, which happened in the North End neighborhood of Boston.
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