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March 25, 2005	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
December 19, 2005	Good article nominee	Listed
August 9, 2006	Good article reassessment	Delisted
December 16, 2006	Good article nominee	Not listed
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on January 15, 2006, January 15, 2009, January 15, 2012, and January 15, 2019.
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Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 19 January 2021 and 7 May 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): QuinnScalese.

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Casualty List[edit]

@331dot and JPxG: Is there any specific reason why we have a casualty list in this article, as we don't tend to put them in disaster articles as they would get excessive.Jason Rees (talk) 22:19, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Contradiction in height of wave[edit]

The article says 25 feet high at its peak, but the green image "Molasses Flood Historical Marker" says 40 feet 70.80.72.64 (talk) 07:13, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Great Molasses Flood in Boston on Wednesday, 1919, Jan. 15.[edit]

Where did all of the molasses go? 99.64.105.156 (talk) 22:07, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]