Great Fire of Pittsburgh

Quand

1845

Type

Incendie

Coordonnées

40.45° N, 79.98° W

Description

fire of Pittsburgh in 1845

Date from

year in its Wikidata description

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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