Item 22696 - Exchange Street, Portland, 1866

Item 22696 - Exchange Street, Portland, 1866
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Item 22696
Exchange Street, Portland, 1866
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The west side of Exchange Street from Middle Street in Portland, showing the devastation of Portland’s Great Fire of July 4, 1866.

The fire was caused by a firecracker that landed in a pile of sawdust near the waterfront, triggering the fire claimed 1,500 buildings and left 12,000 homeless.

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