View of the Great Fire at Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

7301

Title

View of the Great Fire at Edinburgh taken on the 16th day of November 1824

Description

Flames engulf the clock tower of the Tron Kirk on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. The remnants of the fire are visible by the smouldering flames within a partially destroyed tenement building. The scene is being watched by a large crowd of people in amongst them are soldiers and just visible are some firefighters.

Artist / maker

Turner de Lond, W.

Engraver

Turner de Lond, W.

Date

1825

Size

26 x 38 cm

Type

Lithograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Great Fire of 1824 broke out in Old Assembly Close. It burnt for four days, destroying two tenements and the Tron Kirk. It killed 11 residents and two firemen from the recently formed Edinburgh Fire Engine Establishment. Four hundred people were left homeless.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Clocks and clock towers

Events > Disturbances > Fires

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

(55°57′1″N, 3°11′13″W)

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