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  • Frederick Law Olmstead helps design Central Park

    Frederick Law Olmstead helps design Central Park

  • Inadaquate Water

    Inadaquate Water

    Plumbing is very rare
  • Period: to

    Urbanization and Growth

  • Filtration Introduced

    Filtration Introduced

  • The Great Chicago Fire

    The Great Chicago Fire

    18,000 buildings burned
  • Central Park Completed

    Central Park Completed

  • Automatic Fire Sprinklers Introduced

    Automatic Fire Sprinklers Introduced

  • Chinese Exclusion Act Passed

    Chinese Exclusion Act Passed

  • 1st Skyscraper is built

    1st Skyscraper is built

  • Stanton Coit founded America's first settlement house

    Stanton Coit founded America's first settlement house

  • Ellis Island Opens as immigration station

    Ellis Island Opens as immigration station

  • First Subway Opens in Boston

    First Subway Opens in Boston

  • NYPD Formed by multiple forces

    NYPD Formed by multiple forces

  • Most cities have full time Fire Departments

    Most cities have full time Fire Departments

  • Cities Develop Sewer lines and sanitation departments

    Cities Develop Sewer lines and sanitation departments

  • Chlorination Introduced

    Chlorination Introduced

  • 400 Settlement Houses were operating

    400 Settlement Houses were operating

  • Angel Island opens as immigration station in San Francisco, California

    Angel Island opens as immigration station in San Francisco, California

    A.I. opens as immigration station in San Francisco, California

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