The Day Beer Drowned a London Neighborhood | The London Beer Flood

What initially seemed like a trivial issue in a London, England brewery, quickly escalated into a catastrophe when an impoverished neighborhood was flooded with over 320,000 gallons of beer.

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Sources

• https://www.history.com/news/london-beer-flood
• https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-London-Beer-Flood-of-1814/
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1814-beer-flood-killed-eight-people-180964256/
• https://fitzrovianews.com/2021/11/12/history-notes-the-st-giles-rookery/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Henry_Meux,_1st_Baronet
• https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/london-beer-flood-1814/