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The new Chicago Fire Academy was dedicated in May 1961, and in view of its many outstanding and unique facilities, promptly nicknamed "The West Point of the Fire Department." The Snorkel pictured in front of it was conceived by Chicago’s Fire Commissioner, Robert J. Quinn, and Chicago was the first City to have this extraordinary…
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In the mid 19th-Century, Rossin House Hotel was one of the most prestigious hotels in Toronto and one of the early city’s tallest structure. Located at the southeast corner of King and York Streets in Toronto, it was originally built in 1856. As this picture shows, it was destroyed by a fire in 1862 and…
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