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Salem in Essex County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Great Salem Fire Alarm

 
 
Great Salem Fire Alarm Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sarah Corvene, May 20, 2017
1. Great Salem Fire Alarm Marker
Inscription. At 1:37 PM on June 25th, 1914, Box 48 was pulled for a fire in the Korn Leather Factory on this site at number 57 Boston Street in an area known as Blubber Hollow, followed at 1:41 PM by a general alarm.

This was the start of the Great Salem Fire.

This memorial is dedicated to those brave firefighters from Salem and surrounding communities who fought that conflagration.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Disasters. A significant historical date for this entry is June 25, 1914.
 
Location. 42° 31.129′ N, 70° 54.565′ W. Marker is in Salem, Massachusetts, in Essex County. It is at the intersection of Boston Street and Proctor Street on Boston Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 59 Boston Street, Salem MA 01970, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Massachusetts’ North Shore, in Greater Boston, and in the Merrimack Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it

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finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Friends Cemetery (approx. Ό mile away); Where's Poseidon? (approx. 0.4 miles away); West Salem Witchcraft Heights (approx. 0.4 miles away); Joseph Neal House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Arthur S. Rogers - Benjamin W. Russell House (approx. 0.4 miles away); John Pickering II House (approx. half a mile away); The Pickering House (approx. half a mile away); Burial Ground (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Salem.
 
Great Salem Fire Alarm Marker in context image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sarah Corvene, May 20, 2017
2. Great Salem Fire Alarm Marker in context
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 24, 2017. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2017, by Sarah Corvene of Medford, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 956 times since then and 96 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 23, 2017, by Sarah Corvene of Medford, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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