Urbanizatioin By eddgra19 Oct 5, 1857 Frederick Law Olmstead helps design Central Park Jan 1, 1860 Inadaquate Water Plumbing is very rare Period: Jan 1, 1865 to Dec 31, 1915 Urbanization and Growth Jan 1, 1870 Filtration Introduced Oct 10, 1871 The Great Chicago Fire 18,000 buildings burned Sep 2, 1873 Central Park Completed Nov 12, 1874 Automatic Fire Sprinklers Introduced Nov 20, 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act Passed Oct 1, 1885 1st Skyscraper is built Jul 27, 1886 Stanton Coit founded America's first settlement house Jan 1, 1892 Ellis Island Opens as immigration station Feb 6, 1897 First Subway Opens in Boston Jan 1, 1898 NYPD Formed by multiple forces May 5, 1900 Most cities have full time Fire Departments Dec 2, 1900 Cities Develop Sewer lines and sanitation departments Dec 2, 1908 Chlorination Introduced Jan 5, 1910 400 Settlement Houses were operating Dec 2, 1910 Angel Island opens as immigration station in San Francisco, California A.I. opens as immigration station in San Francisco, California
