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MaggieL · 07-05-2002, 11:45 PM

William Penn himself (who is *not* the answer to the trivia question) had a serious preocupation with the dangers of urban fire, haveing witnessed the great London fire of 1666. This is why he planned his city in the space between two rivers, so that water for firefighting should be readily available.

07-05-2002, 11:45 PM	#11
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	William Penn himself (who is not the answer to the trivia question) had a serious preocupation with the dangers of urban fire, haveing witnessed the great London fire of 1666. This is why he planned his city in the space between two rivers, so that water for firefighting should be readily available. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."