What the records say
- When
- 1845
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 40.45° N, 79.98° W
- Description
- fire of Pittsburgh in 1845
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Great Fire of Pittsburgh
Conflagration in 1845
The Great Fire of Pittsburgh was a conflagration in Pittsburgh which occurred on April 10, 1845. It was sparked by an unattended fire that ignited a nearby ice shed or barn, and spread due to a number of factors, including the poor water pressure the outstripped infrastructure gave to the ill-equipped volunteer fire companies, the mixture of soot, flour dust, and cotton fibers in the air from industry, the frequent n…
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