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Author : Arthur Wellington Brayley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Boston (Mass.)
ISBN : HARVARD:32044010589034
Author : Arthur Wellington Brayley
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1293634018
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Author : ARTHUR WELLINGTON. BRAYLEY
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 103337914X
Author : Arthur Wellington Brayley
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1294789244
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Author : Arthur Wellington Brayley
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1294319043
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Author : Arthur Wellington Brayley
Publisher : Scholar's Choice
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1294975366
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Author : Arthur Wellington Brayley
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1375791753
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Author : Arthur Wellington Brayley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1332342671
Excerpt from Complete History of the Boston Fire Department: Including the Fire-Alarm Service and the Protective Department, Fro, 1630 to 1888 The information for the History of the Boston Fire Department has been very difficult to obtain, owing to the unsatisfactory manner in which the records have been left. In fact, there is no register of events made by the department in existence, the data previous to 1840 being scattered over numerous sources. In the task of research, I have given the care and patience the subject demanded, and trust I have succeeded in combining into one volume all the important matters in relation to the department that heretofore have been distributed through hundreds. The location of the various engines, hose-carriages, and ladder-trucks, and the companies attached to each, have been traced, as far as it has been possible to do so by the existing records, from their organization up to the date of closing this history, except from 1822 to 1860, at which time the membership became so large (each company having from fifty to one hundred and fifty members on the roll-book), that to mention all their names would occupy a large amount of space, and would be of no great value, as they can be obtained at the office of the Board of Fire Commissioners. I have therefore deemed it sufficient to mention only the officers. The work of obtaining photographs and biographical sketches of members of the present department was begun during 1888, since which many changes have been made in the companies, so that by the time the portraits of one company were engraved, a member of the company represented by the plate would be transferred to other quarters, and he succeeded by another, thus making it impossible to retain a complete company for any length of time. It was found, therefore, impracticable to take notice of such changes after December 31, 1888, at which time the accompanying plates correctly represent the companies formed at that time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Arthur Wellington Brayley
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0343161966
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Arthur Wellington Brayley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3742833057
Author : Arthur Wellington Brayley
Publisher : Sagwan Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1376523833
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Author : Brayley Arthur Wellington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0259691313
Author : Stephanie Schorow
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493054992
For two days in November, 1872, a massive fire swept through Boston, leaving the downtown in ruins and the population traumatized. Coming barely a year after the infamous Chicago fire, Boston’s inferno turned out to be one of the most expensive fires per acre in US history. Yet today few are aware of how close Boston came to destruction. Boston author Stephanie Schorow masterfully recounts the fire’s history from the foolish decisions that precipitated it to the heroics of firefighters who fought it. Lavishly illustrated with period artwork and photographs and published just before the fire’s 150th anniversary, The Great Boston Fire captures the drama of a life-and-death battle in the heart of the city.
Author : Mark Tebeau
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421412504
During the period of America's swiftest industrialization and urban growth, fire struck fear in the hearts of city dwellers as did no other calamity. Before the Civil War, sweeping blazes destroyed more than $200 million in property in the nation's largest cities. Between 1871 and 1906, conflagrations left Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, and San Francisco in ruins. Into the twentieth century, this dynamic hazard intensified as cities grew taller and more populous, confounding those who battled it. Firefighters' death-defying feats captured the popular imagination but too often failed to provide more than symbolic protection. Hundreds of fire insurance companies went bankrupt because they could not adequately deal with the effects of even smaller blazes. Firefighters and fire insurers created a physical and cultural infrastructure whose legacy—in the form of heroic firefighters, insurance policies, building standards, and fire hydrants—lives on in the urban built environment. In Eating Smoke, Mark Tebeau shows how the changing practices of firefighters and fire insurers shaped the built landscape of American cities, the growth of municipal institutions, and the experience of urban life. Drawing on a wealth of fire department and insurance company archives, he contrasts the invention of a heroic culture of firefighters with the rational organizational strategies by fire underwriters. Recognizing the complexity of shifting urban environments and constantly experimenting with tools and tactics, firefighters fought fire ever more aggressively—"eating smoke" when they ventured deep into burning buildings or when they scaled ladders to perform harrowing rescues. In sharp contrast to the manly valor of firefighters, insurers argued that the risk was quantifiable, measurable, and predictable. Underwriters managed hazard with statistics, maps, and trade associations, and they eventually agitated for building codes and other reforms, which cities throughout the nation implemented in the twentieth century. Although they remained icons of heroism, firefighters' cultural and institutional authority slowly diminished. Americans had begun to imagine fire risk as an economic abstraction. By comparing the simple skills employed by firefighters—climbing ladders and manipulating hoses—with the mundane technologies—maps and accounting charts—of insurers, the author demonstrates that the daily routines of both groups were instrumental in making intense urban and industrial expansion a less precarious endeavor.
Author : Amy S. Greenberg
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400864928
Though central to the social, political, and cultural life of the nineteenth-century city, the urban volunteer fire department has nevertheless been largely ignored by historians. Redressing this neglect, Amy Greenberg reveals the meaning of this central institution by comparing the fire departments of Baltimore, St. Louis, and San Francisco from the late eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Volunteer fire companies protected highly flammable cities from fire and provided many men with friendship, brotherhood, and a way to prove their civic virtue. While other scholars have claimed that fire companies were primarily working class, Greenberg shows that they were actually mixed social groups: merchants and working men, immigrants and native-born--all found a common identity as firemen. Cause for Alarm presents a new vision of urban culture, one defined not by class but by gender. Volunteer firefighting united men in a shared masculine celebration of strength and bravery, skill and appearance. In an otherwise alienating environment, fire companies provided men from all walks of life with status, community, and an outlet for competition, which sometimes even led to elaborate brawls. While this culture was fully respected in the early nineteenth century, changing social norms eventually demonized the firemen's vision of masculinity. Greenberg assesses the legitimacy of accusations of violence and political corruption against the firemen in each city, and places the municipalization of firefighting in the context of urban social change, new ideals of citizenship, the rapid spread of fire insurance, and new firefighting technologies. Originally published in 1998. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
