Great Fire of Tooley Street - London, UK - UK Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Located opposite the London Dungeon the plaque is in the side street. It reads:

'Great Fire of Tooley St.
The large warehouses in this area, stacked with combustible
materials, were always vulnerable to fire. Hay's Wharf was one of
the earliest complexes to incorporate fireproofing, using
incombustible floors of brick arches on cast iron beams.
Despite this Hay's Wharf was destroyed in the great fire of
Tooley Street of 1861, London's biggest fire since the Great Fire
in 1666 and one that claimed more lives. It raged for two weeks
and killed, among others, the superintendent of the
London Fire Engine Establishment, James Braidwood,
when a warehouse exploded.
It was partly as a result of this that the London Fire Brigade
was founded in 1866.

Southwark

Pool of London'

Type of Historic Marker: Plaque Historical Marker Issuing Authority: Pool of London Age/Event Date: 01/01/1861 Related Website: [Web Link] Give your Rating:

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