United States Industrial Alcohol Company

Alcorub product. Made by the Company during Prohibiiton as a pure alcohol with no denaturants.

United States Industrial Alcohol Company was an alcohol distiller in the United States. Charles Edward Adams, was chairman of the board.[1] In 1919 they were responsible for the Boston Molasses Disaster, through their subsidiary, the Purity Distilling Company. 125 lawsuits filed against the company in the aftermath.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Charles Edward Adams". New York Times. 28 January 1957. Retrieved 2010-11-02. Charles Edward Adams a director of the Air Reduction Company Inc. and of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York died yesterday in his ...
  2. ↑ "The Molasses Disaster of January 15, 1919". Yankee Magazine. Retrieved 2010-11-02. And there were about 125 lawsuits filed against the United States Industrial Alcohol Company.
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