Molasses Isn’t as Slow as You Think | Documentary
► On Jan. 15th 1919, Boston had a rather sticky tragedy unfold...
► Sources in not particular order :
■ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_M...
■ https://edp.org/molpark.htm
■ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...
■ https://www.history.com/news/the-grea...
■ https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/01/15/...
■ https://www.massmoments.org/moment-de...
■ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Grea...
■ Information on the court case itself : https://casetext.com/case/united-stat...
■ USIAC was operating at least to 1929 , this particular article talks about the 'E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co' , 'Eastern Commercial Alcohol Corp.', 'National Distillers Products Corp.' , Kentucky Alcohol Corp' , and 'Old Time Molasses Co.' companies : https://content.time.com/time/subscri...
■ USIAC was a West Virginian company , this govt. website has their filing for as late as '36-'38 , and changed thier name to "U.S. Industrial Chemicals Inc." : https://apps.wv.gov/SOS/BusinessEntit...
■ The above "USICI" merged with another entity : https://apps.wv.gov/SOS/BusinessEntit...
■ Another : https://apps.wv.gov/SOS/BusinessEntit...
■ An article on the "U.S.I." : https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/i650...
■ The "National Distillers and Chemical Corporation" (In 1952 National Distillers merged with U.S. Industrial Chemicals, a manufacturer of industrial alcohol, insecticides, anti-freeze and resins. ) : https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/po...
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