Title: Crucible of fire
Description: "Urban conflagrations, such as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and the Great Boston Fire the following year, terrorized the citizens of nineteenth-century American cities. However, urban rebirth in the aftermath of great fires offered a chance to shape the future. Ultimately residents and planners created sweeping changes in the methods of constructing buildings, planning city streets, engineering water distribution systems, underwriting fire insurance, and firefighting itself ... "
Subjects: Cities and towns, Fire extinction, Fire prevention, Fires, Fire fighters, Fire departments, City and town life, History, Cities and towns, united states, Social aspects
Places: United States
Time periods: 19th century