Historical Marker
Horton Signal
Historical marker location:
243 Chestnut Street, Rehoboth, Massachusetts
( Marker is on Chestnut Street north of Brook Street, on the right when traveling north.)
1777 - 1779.
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.