Chatham Railroad Depot

Historical marker location:

153 Depot Road, Chatham, Massachusetts

( Marker is on Depot Road, 0.1 miles west of Old Harbor Road (Massachusetts Route 28), on the left when traveling east.)

The Boston Molasses Disaster occurred in 1919 when a large tank of molasses burst and flooded the streets of Boston's North End, killing 21 people and injuring 150.