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by jvm___ 108 days ago
Molasses was cheap because it was the packing material for plate glass - which was only made in England. Place your plate glass in a barrel, fill it with molasses and you can ship it to North America. Just wash off the glass and you're good to go.
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Barbing 108 days ago
That’s wonderful so I want it to be true. Your comment is one of the top results on my search for more info!
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ricardobeat 107 days ago
I was also curious and couldn’t find anything at all backing this claim. Seems like a complete fabrication, as plausible as it sounds.

Moreover, molasses was shipped from America and not the other way around.

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jvm___ 105 days ago
Maybe it was a Canadian rumor? I posted another link.

https://www.fodors.com/community/canada/colorful-qu-bec-mai-...

Jumping Jehoshaphat! The stained glass window up front is a memorial to George Jehosephat Mountain, a British-Canadian Anglican bishop. It was installed in 1864 and was the first monument of its kind in Québec. “The window was made in England and shipped to Québec City in barrels of molasses to protect it from damage.” A sticky situation, indeed.

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Barbing 107 days ago
Do you remember where you heard this by chance?
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jvm___ 105 days ago
A kids field trip to a heritage village in Ontario Canada. So, basically some random volunteer.

This page seems to back me up.

https://www.heritage-matters.ca/articles/adventures-in-light...

The earliest ecclesiastical windows in Ontario are clear – likely English crown glass, such as is found at the Sharon Temple (1825-31) and the Old Stone Church (1840-53) in Thorah, near Beaverton. This glass was safely shipped from England in barrels of molasses, already cut to size. Coloured glass began arriving shortly thereafter. Using materials at hand, early windows were assembled within wood muntins (strips). Examples include the glorious windows in the chapel of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Convent, Ottawa (1887), designed by Georges Bouillon and re-erected in the National Gallery of Canada in 1988.

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Barbing 103 days ago
claps heckkk yes that’s awesome!! Like actually gonna spread this sometime guaranteed it’ll come up one day… ahaha cheers for researching up
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