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