United States Industrial Alcohol Company was an alcohol distiller in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

. Charles Edward Adams, was chairman of the board. In 1919 they were held responsible for the

Boston Molasses Disaster The Great Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molasses Disaster, was a disaster that occurred on January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. A large storage tank filled with of molasses, weighing approximat ...

, through their subsidiary, the Purity Distilling Company. 125 lawsuits were filed against the company in the aftermath.

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{{reflist Chemical companies of the United States