Le Grand feu de Chicago est une conflagration qui a brûlé dans la ville américaine de Chicago pendant 8 octobre–10, 1871. L'incendie a tué environ 300 personnes, détruit environ 3,3 kilomètres carrés de la ville, y compris plus de 17 000 structures, et laissé plus de 100 000 résidents sans abri. L'incendie a commencé dans un quartier au sud-ouest du centre-ville. Une longue période de conditions chaudes, sèches, venteuses, et la construction en bois prévalant dans la ville, ont conduit à la conflagration. Le feu a sauté sur la branche sud de la rivière Chicago et a détruit une grande partie du centre de Chicago.

• Contributeur: American Photo Archive / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2RA08P3
• Taille du fichier: 267,6 MB (14,8 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 12078 x 7744 px | 102,3 x 65,6 cm | 40,3 x 25,8 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 8 octobre 1871
• Lieu: Chicago, IL

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The fire is claimed to have started at about 8:30 p.m. on October 8, in or around a small barn belonging to the O'Leary family that bordered the alley behind 137 W. DeKoven Street.The shed next to the barn was the first building to be consumed by the fire. City officials never determined the cause of the blaze, but the rapid spread of the fire due to a long drought in that year's summer, strong winds from the southwest, and the rapid destruction of the water pumping system, explain the extensive damage of the mainly wooden city structures. There has been much speculation over the years on a single start to the fire. The most popular tale blames Mrs. O'Leary's cow, who allegedly knocked over a lantern; others state that a group of men were gambling inside the barn and knocked over a lantern.[6] Still other speculation suggests that the blaze was related to other fires in the Midwest that day. The fire's spread was aided by the city's use of wood as the predominant building material in a style called balloon frame. More than two-thirds of the structures in Chicago at the time of the fire were made entirely of wood, with most of the houses and buildings being topped with highly combustible tar or shingle roofs. All of the city's sidewalks and many roads were also made of wood. Compounding this problem, Chicago received only 1 inch of rain from July 4 to October 9, causing severe drought conditions before the fire, while strong southwest winds helped to carry flying embers toward the heart of the city.: 144  In 1871, the Chicago Fire Department had 185 firefighters with just 17 horse-drawn steam pumpers to protect the entire city.: 146  The initial response by the fire department was timely, but due to an error by the watchman, Matthias Schaffer, the firefighters were initially sent to the wrong place, allowing the fire to grow unchecked..

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