Yet the five-story storage facility was never properly tested - by filling it with water - because a shipload of molasses was due only days after the completion of the tank in December 1915.
Interesting video at the site. For years, the tank would leak molasses when filled and it would groan whenever it was filled, reflecting substandard construction. A sudden warm spell in January likely pressurized the contents enough to rupture the tank.
They also didnt take into account fermentation rate and gas pressures produced from the bottom up in the huhe tank.
Are you sure that's spelled correctly?