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This map was drawn by User:IMeowbot, based on official City of Boston, Massachusetts maps published in 1895 and 1915, adding data from published accounts and deduced from photos of the Boston molasses disaster.

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  1. Purity Distilling molasses tank
  2. Firehouse 31 (heavy damage)
  3. Paving department and police station
  4. Purity offices (flattened)
  5. Copp's Hill Terrace
  6. Boston Gas Light building (damaged)
  7. Purity warehouse (mostly intact)
  8. Residential area (site of flattened Clougherty house)

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