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List view record 1: Epic Engineering Failures and the Lessons They Teach. Episode 16, Brittle Fracture: The Great Molasses Flood [eFilm]List view anchor tag for record 1: Epic Engineering Failures and the Lessons They Teach. Episode 16, Brittle Fracture: The Great Molasses Flood [eFilm]
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Epic Engineering Failures and the Lessons They Teach. Episode 16, Brittle Fracture: The Great Molasses Flood [eFilm]

2024
In December 1915, United States Industrial Alcohol (USIA) built-without any formal engineering design-a massive cylindrical steel tank along Boston's North End waterfront to store incoming shipments of molasses. When the tank ruptured three years later, 21 people died. Explore the phenomena of me...
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