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Great Fire of Pittsburgh

Index Great Fire of Pittsburgh

The Great Fire of Pittsburgh occurred on April 10, 1845, destroying a third of the city and causing between $6 million and $12 million in damage. [1]

22 relations: Allegheny River, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Andrew Carnegie, Charles Dickens, Francis R. Shunk, Great Chicago Fire, Great Fire of London, Great Fire of Toronto (1849), Great Fire of Toronto (1904), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Hill District (Pittsburgh), John Darragh, Meadville, Pennsylvania, Monongahela River, Nathaniel Currier, Pennsylvania Canal, Pittsburgh, Smithfield Street Bridge, Stephen Foster, University of Pittsburgh, Wheeling, West Virginia, Wilson McCandless.

Allegheny River

The Allegheny River is a principal tributary of the Ohio River; it is located in the Eastern United States.

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Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Allegheny City (1788–1907) is the name of a former Pennsylvania municipality now reorganized and merged into the modern City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie (but commonly or;MacKay, p. 29. November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist.

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.

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Francis R. Shunk

Francis Rawn Shunk (August 7, 1788 – July 20, 1848) was the tenth Governor of Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1848.

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Great Chicago Fire

The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from Sunday, October 8, to Tuesday, October 10, 1871.

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Great Fire of London

The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London from Sunday, 2 September to Thursday, 6 of September 1666.

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Great Fire of Toronto (1849)

The Great Fire of Toronto of 1849, April 7, 1849, also known as the Cathedral Fire, was the first major fire in the history of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Great Fire of Toronto (1904)

The Great Fire of Toronto of 1904 was a great fire that destroyed a large section of Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 19, 1904.

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg (Pennsylvania German: Harrisbarrig) is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County.

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Hill District (Pittsburgh)

The Hill District is a historic black collection of neighborhoods in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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John Darragh

John Darragh (1772 – May 14, 1828) was a U.S. politician.

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Meadville, Pennsylvania

Meadville is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Monongahela River

The Monongahela River — often referred to locally as the Mon — is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Nathaniel Currier

Nathaniel Currier (March 27, 1813 – November 20, 1888) was an American lithographer, who headed the company Currier & Ives with James Ives.

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Pennsylvania Canal

Pennsylvania Canal (or sometimes Pennsylvania Canal system) refers generally to a complex system of transportation infrastructure improvements including canals, dams, locks, tow paths, aqueducts, and viaducts.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County.

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Smithfield Street Bridge

The Smithfield Street Bridge is a lenticular truss bridge crossing the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Stephen Foster

Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826January 13, 1864), known as "the father of American music", was an American songwriter known primarily for his parlor and minstrel music.

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University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh (commonly referred to as Pitt) is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Wheeling, West Virginia

Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Wilson McCandless

Wilson McCandless (June 19, 1810 – June 30, 1882) was a United States federal judge.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Pittsburgh

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