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Three Buildings That Survived The Great Chicago Fire
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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Oct 7, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
The Great Chicago Fire, which lasted from October 8th to October 10th, 1871, destroyed most of Chicago from what is today Roosevelt Road up to Fullerton and from the Lake west to the Chicago River. Almost 100,000 Chicagoans lost their homes and several hundred lost their lives. And while the Chicago Water Tower has become an important symbol of what survived the destruction of the fire, it’s not the only building that made it through. Historian Paul Durica tells us about three other “survivors” and what happened to them decades later.
Released:
Oct 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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