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To: sparklite2

I’d love to know why they were storing over 2 million gallons of molasses in one tank.


8 posted on 11/26/2016 8:30:44 AM PST by Buttons12
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To: Buttons12

For the manufacture of rum.


10 posted on 11/26/2016 8:40:18 AM PST by batterycommander (Surrounded? Stay clammed and call for artillery. USNA 65)
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To: Buttons12

See link posted @ #14


15 posted on 11/26/2016 8:47:37 AM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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To: Buttons12

I believe it had to do with filling it as much as possible just before prohibition took effect. It was filled on a very cold day - the rivets gave way on a much warmer January day.

Possibly the first “Global Warming” disaster in American history.


18 posted on 11/26/2016 9:03:27 AM PST by Sparky1776
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To: Buttons12

It was stored because it was where it was produced.


30 posted on 11/26/2016 1:23:02 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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