The Great London Beer Flood
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In 1814, a 15-foot wall of beer crashed through the streets of London, drowning eight people in one of history's most bizarre disasters. Discover how a single faulty hoop on a giant vat unleashed 300,000 gallons of porter, flooding the slums of St. Giles and leaving a tragic legacy. Chapters: 00:00 A 15-foot wave of beer 00:12 One vat, 300,000 gallons 00:24 Brewing Boom 00:36 Vat Capacity 00:48 The Fatal Hoop 01:00 The Vat Bursts 01:12 Homes Collapse 01:24 Homes collapse 01:36 The death toll 01:48 Free beer, grim price 02:00 Free beer, deadly cost 02:12 Beer worth more than water 02:24 Verdict: Not guilty 02:36 No blame, no pay 02:48 History forgot 03:00 The Rookery's Dark Corners 03:12 A Giant Among Vats 03:24 The Hoop That Failed 03:36 The Wave's Path 03:48 Rescue in the Dark 04:00 Beer in the Cellars 04:12 The Inquest's Questions 04:24 A Legacy of Neglect 04:36 The Brewery's Rebuild 04:48 The Forgotten Lesson 05:00 History's strangest truths Sources & further reading: ā¢ The London Beer Flood of 1814 ā https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2014/oct/17/london-beer-flood-1814-anniversary ā¢ British History Online: Tottenham Court Road ā https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol21/pt3/pp75-93 ā¢ Atlas Obscura: The London Beer Flood ā https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/london-beer-flood ā¢ The Times (London), October 18, 1814 ā Contemporary newspaper report of the disaster. ā¢ The London Beer Flood: A Case Study in Industrial Accidents ā https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-London-Beer-Flood/
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