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The Great Molasses Flood of 1919
> It's the 95th anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in
> Boston that killed 21 people and injured hundreds mo [...] > But I wonder why every account of the story that I've read, all the > measurements are metric. Was it commonplace to the metric system in > 1919 Boston? Stephen Puleo's book "Dark Tide" (which I have) uses tons and gallons, and so do all the newspaper reports of the time that he quotes. The only metric units he uses are for money. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 <http://www.campin.me.uk> Twitter: JackCampin |
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