Interesting! Thanks DBM and tobyjug. Might be a tall tale on the part of the E&C, but even judging by the photos from the time the flood area seemed bigger than that little red circle. I can't seem to find the photo showing the elevated train tracks taken out over by North Station, but here's...
I know, pretty off-off-topic. My apologies if this doesn't belong here at all.
My Dad is 91; last Sunday he was talking about seeing a high molasses mark from the flood of 1919 in a basement on Batterymarch street, and now I want to see them and photograph them (with proper permissions)...