LECTURE AND SLIDE SHOW
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Description: During the industrial revolution of the 19th century, the United States was afflicted with many urban conflagrations and wildfires as tactical firefighting and prevention practices were underdeveloped. Cities underwent transformations as areas formerly occupied by impoverished social classes were displaced by major fires and consequently relocated to different urban neighborhoods. Reconstruction in these fire-ravaged poverty wards attracted both new industries and the affluent. Cities were both architecturally and culturally revamped as they either relinquished or claimed their place as key industrial and artistic centers. Join historian John Horrigan as presents a lecture and slide show that recounts a chronology of great American fires during the 19th century, including:
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Running Time: 1 hour and 10 minutes Size: 60 MB
Running Time: 1 hour, 1 minute Size: 56 MB
ADDITIONAL AUDIO RECORDINGS:
THE GREAT FIRES OF WATERTOWN: 1841 - 1919
Several recorded stories about the Great Fires of Watertown, Massachusetts in 1841 and 1919.
GREAT BOSTON HERALD FIRES OF 1855 and 1864
Recorded on November 30th, 2006 at Ventress Memorial Library in Marshfield, Massachusetts. John reads about the Great Fires that gutted the printing presses of the Boston Herald newspaper in 1855 and 1864.
THE BOSTON FIRES AND RIOTS OF 1852 AND 1854
Recorded on November 30th, 2006 at Ventress Memorial Library in Marshfield, Massachusetts. John reads about the Great Fires in Boston in 1852 and the Great Boston Riots in 1854. He also speaks about the killer granite block that fell off of a building under construction in Boston and crushed several people on August 23rd, 1854.
DESTRUCTION OF THE CHICKERING PIANO FACTORY (1852)
Recorded on November 30, 2006 at Ventress Memorial Library in Marshfield, Massachusetts. John reads from the Illustrated News of January 1st, 1853 about a tragic fire in a famous Boston piano factory on December 3rd, 1852.
THE TREMONT TEMPLE FIRE OF 1852
Recorded on December 5th, 2006 at Ventress Memorial Library in Marshfield, Massachusetts. John reads about a fire that took one of Boston's most cherished theatres on March 31st, 1852. It was re-built twice and burned down in 1879 and again in 1893.
THE BURNING OF PARLIAMENT (1834)
Recorded on January 14th, 2009 at Watertown, Massachusetts. John reads about the fire at the Palace of Westminster, home the British Parliament that was started by "tally sticks". Author Charles Dickens writes about how dangerous these tally sticks were. Time is 2:59; 3 MB
THE DARK DAY IN CANADA (1819)
Recorded on July 22, 2008 at Watertown, Massachusetts. John reads about the "Phenomenon of 1819" when on November 8th of that year, a strange greenish tint in the skies over Montreal preceded an anamolous dark day. Time is 4 minutes and 24 seconds; 4 MB
CANADA'S DARK DAY (1819)
Recorded on January 28th, 2009 at Watertown, Massachusetts. John reads (for a third time) about a bizarre dark day in Montreal in 1819. Time is 4 minutes and 24 seconds; 4 MB
THE EXTRAORDINARY DARKNESS OF NOVEMBER, 1819
Recorded on July 9, 2007 at Watertown, Massachusetts. John reads from David Ludlum's Vermont Weather Book about a strange darkness that enveloped the Vermont daylight from November 9th through the 11th in the year 1819. 4 minutes and 26 seconds; 4 MB
THE GREAT BOSTON FIRE OF 1787
Recorded on July 21st, 2007 in Watertown, Massachusetts. John reads about a great fire in Boston in 1787. Running Time is 1 minute. Size is 1 MB.
17th CENTURY ARSON
Recorded on August 16th, 2007 at Stricom Productions in Franklin, Massachusetts. John teams up with producer Steve Russo to make an audio track about an arsonist in Boston in the late 17th century. Listen for Cotton Mather as he pleads for God's mercy.
THE GREAT FIRE OF ROME: 64 A.D.
Three recorded stories about the Great Fire of Rome in 64 A.D.
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