MA Boston fire 11-9,10-1872 – Vintage Wall Art
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A window into the past: MA Boston fire 11-9,10-1872, preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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MA Boston fire 11-9,10-1872
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The fire that began near Summer Street on the evening of November 9, 1872, burned through much of Boston's commercial core over the following day. It destroyed several hundred buildings across roughly 60 acres, and crews from neighboring cities came by rail to help. The disaster exposed weak water pressure and inadequate equipment, and it pushed the city toward a stronger professional fire department and tighter building rules. Views of the burned district like this one now help show how much of the old downtown was lost.
| Created / published | 1872 |
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| Original scan | 5,307 × 2,102 px · prints to 18 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | MA Boston fire 11-9,10-1872 |
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