Great Fire of Pittsburgh
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title:
Great Fire of Pittsburgh
text:
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 near-gale-force winds hitting the city at midday, and the six weeks before the fi
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encyclopedia
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Fire of Pittsburgh in 1845
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Pittsburgh
date created:
2011-11-12T04:03:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T20:21:24Z
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