By Stephen Thomas via YouTube
The city’s first African-American engine company helped invent the fire pole and were famous for the speed with which they got to fires.
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See also:
* CBS2 Chicago: History Of The Fire Pole Started With Black Chicago Firehouse In 1870s.
* Chicago’s Engine Company 21: An Experiment with Interracial Democracy in an Era of Reconstructions, 1872-1927.
* Original members of The Chicago Fire Department Engine 21, established December 21, 1872.
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Posted on June 14, 2019