Chicago Stockyards Fire Memorial - Chicago, IL
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Eight-foot-tall, graphic black shapes of struggling firefighters and memorial inscriptions, located just west of the old Union Stockyards gate near 43rd Street and Halsted.
Waymark Code: WM4HM2
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/26/2008
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An electrical short started the tragic Chicago Stockyards Fire on Dec. 22, 1910. Twenty-one firefighters and the city's chief fire marshal lost their lives battling that blaze. Prior to Sept 11, 2001 this fire was the deadliest in the nation's history for firemen fatalities.
The memorial's appearance has been controversial from the day it was unveiled. The names of all firefighters and paramedics who have died in the line of duty in Chicago are inscribed.
Physical address:
43rd & Halsted
Chicago, IL United States
Memorial Website: Not listed
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