The Sanborn Map image of the area around the Billings-Taylor Co. just one year before the horrendous fire of 1887. Note the 'Harden Hand Grenades' notion in the center. Far from being explosive devices that could have possibly led to the fire, these are actually fire fighting implements. Precursors of modern fire extinguishers, they were small, fragile glass bottles of carbon tetrachloride meant to be thrown at the base of the flames. | Date: 1886 | Source: Cleveland Public Library, Digital Map CollectionDownload Original File
