A noncomprehensive list of large urban fires in the 1850s United States. All fires were large enough to destroy 20 structures or do $200,000 in damage (in 1850s dollars). Some fires are included on the basis of verbal descriptions (e.g., "downtown destroyed") that suggest that the fires were of this magnitude. Prepared for Daniel Immerwahr, "All That is Solid Bursts into Flame: Capitalism and Fire in the Nineteenth-Century United States," Past and Present, forthcoming.

Last modified

• 06/30/2023

Creator

• Immerwahr, Daniel

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.21985/n2-9yyt-c039

Publisher

• Northwestern University

Date created

• 2023-07-30

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• Dataset

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• Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal

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• 33.5 KB