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Podcast: The Great Deception Podcast
Episode: 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair/ Columbian Exposition
Description: Chicago in the 1800’s is full of interesting stories culminating with the 1893 Worlds Fair/Exposition remnants going out in a blaze of glory!
1849 was the year of the great flood ; all the bridges were swept away, vessels and canal boats smashed by the ice and the wharves were ruined
1871 Chicago Fire 17,000 buildings destroyed, 300 killed & 2,000 acres destroyed
April 1892 Buildings Collapse During Wind Storm (possible Tornado)
The White City 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition
Open from May 1- October 31, 1893
690 acre fairground, 200 Buildings (Built in less than 2 years on swamp land)
Worlds Largest Ferris Wheel - 264 feet high
65 foot Columbia statue,
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