Purity Distilling Company
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The Purity Distilling Company was a chemical firm based in Boston, Massachusetts specializing in the production of ethanol through the distillation process. It was a subsidiary of United States Industrial Alcohol Company who purchased the company in 1917.
Great Molasses Flood
{{Main article|Great Molasses Flood}}
In 1919, one of its largest molasses tanks, which was built in 1915, collapsed at 529 Commercial Street. It was a huge tank (50 ft tall, 90 ft diameter, 283 ft around) and held as much as {{convert|2,300,000|USgal|m3|abbr=on}} of molasses. This led to the Boston Molasses Disaster in the North End neighborhood of Boston. Twenty-one people died, and the cleanup took about 6 months to complete, after which the company was sued and forced to pay over $1 million in settlement claims.{{cite book|last1=Puleo|first1=Stephen|title=Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919|date=2003|publisher=Beacon Press|location=Boston|isbn=9780807050200|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/darktidegreatbos00pule}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2009/01/jan-15-1919-morass-of-molasses-mucks-up-boston-2/|title=Jan. 15, 1919: Morass of Molasses Mucks Up Boston|magazine=WIRED|access-date=2018-09-01|language=en-US}}
References
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External links
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- [https://library.lehigh.edu/content/finding_aids?aid=colby Finding Aid to the Albert Ladd Colby Report on the Boston Molasses Tank Explosion], Special Collections, Linderman Library, Lehigh University
- [http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/molasses-floods-boston-streets January 15: 1919, Molasses Floods Boston Streets] from History.com
- Jesse Kreitzer's The Great Boston Molasses Flood video ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMgfHmY7o3k YouTube.com])
Category:Distilleries in Massachusetts
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Boston
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