Correction for the length of The Great Chicago Fire
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How long is 6,600,000 hours?
It's about 100,000 times as long as The Great Chicago Fire
The length of The Great Chicago Fire is about 60 hours.
(1871) (Chicago, Illinois)
The Great Chicago Fire started at about 9am and burned for
50 hours between October 8th and October 10th, 1871. Chicago had experienced twenty smaller fires in the
300 hours leading up to the blaze, due to drought conditions, strong winds, and the abundance of wooden buildings at the time.
MLA Style (8th Ed.)
"Correction for the length of The Great Chicago Fire" The Measure of Things, 2024, themeasureofthings.com/correction.php?comp=time&unit=h&amt=6600000&i=177. Accessed 21 May 2024.
APA Style (7th Ed.)
The Measure of Things. (2024). Correction for the length of The Great Chicago Fire. Retrieved May 21, 2024 from themeasureofthings.com/correction.php?comp=time&unit=h&amt=6600000&i=177
Chicago Style (17th Ed.)
"Correction for the length of The Great Chicago Fire." The Measure of Things. 2024. https://themeasureofthings.com/correction.php?comp=time&unit=h&amt=6600000&i=177.