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Date 2026-04-09 23:50 -0400
Subject Re: another good book
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On 3/31/2026 2:05 PM, john larkin wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:44:21 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:30:02 +0000, someone
>> <cffbf4deb9142bce48974efc0e64dede@example.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Another disaster caused by a transport ship looking to expedite unloading. They heated the molasses to make it flow faster into the tank.
>>>
>>> https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/molasses-flood-physics-science/
>>
>> "They" didn't heat the molasses.  It was unseasonably hot which caused
>> the molasses to expand.  There were other causes:
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood#Causes>
>> "...air temperature rose from 2 to 41 °F (-17 to 5.0 °C)"
>>
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood#Area_today>
>> "Structural defects in the tank combined with unseasonably warm
>> temperatures contributed to the disaster".
> 
> The tank was built cheap and fast and never reviewed for design. And
> located in a very bad place.
> 
> 
> John Larkin
> Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center
> Lunatic Fringe Electronics

All of the waterfront of the North End, Charleston/Everett, and East 
Cambridge were heavily industrialized in the early 1900s. Raw goods (and 
molassess apparently) in the NE, petroleum products in 
Charleston/Everett, and coal gasification in East Cambridge were major 
industries.

Nowadays the historically Italian North End is mostly high-end 
residential/tourist trap area, with a shrinking number of Italian 
restaurants that tend to serve rather average Italian food, compared to 
my childhood recollections.

Only main legacy of the industrial history is the large LNG tanker 
terminal in Everett, longest-operating liquefied natural gas import 
facility in the U.S. Remarkably there is only one industry still served 
by freight rail inside the Boston city limits, an ABEX logistics warehouse.

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    Re: another good book Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-03-30 21:44 -0700
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        Re: another good book Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-03-31 14:20 -0700
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            Re: another good book Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-04-06 17:37 -0700
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        Re: another good book Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-03-31 14:41 -0700
          Re: another good book john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-01 07:40 -0700
      Re: another good book john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-03-31 11:05 -0700
        Re: another good book bitrex <user@example.net> - 2026-04-09 23:50 -0400
          Re: another good book john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-10 02:27 -0700
            Re: another good book joegwinn@comcast.net - 2026-04-10 11:06 -0400
              Re: another good book john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-10 10:58 -0700
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                Re: another good book Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-11 01:20 -0700
                Re: another good book Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-11 01:33 -0700
                Re: another good book joegwinn@comcast.net - 2026-04-11 10:11 -0400
                Re: another good book john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-11 10:00 -0700
                Re: another good book joegwinn@comcast.net - 2026-04-11 18:20 -0400
                Re: another good book Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-04-11 19:40 -0700
                Re: another good book john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-11 21:07 -0700
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                Re: another good book Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2026-04-12 11:04 -0700
                Re: another good book joegwinn@comcast.net - 2026-04-12 15:54 -0400
                Re: another good book john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-04-12 14:53 -0700

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