ENGL 3860: Introduction Slide Deck
ENGL 3860: Introduction Slide Deck ENGL 3860: Introduction Slide Deck
After the fire that devastated much of St. Louis in 1849, city leaders passed an ordinance requiring all new buildings to be made of noncombustible material. That law, along with the rich clays of eastern Missouri, led to a flourishing brick industry here. Historians say that at the industry’s height, around 1900, the city had more than 100 manufacturing plants, and St. Louis became known for the quality, craftsmanship and abundance of its brick. Ruins of the Great Fire of 1849. Daguerreotype by Thomas M. Easterly, 1849. Missouri Historical Society.
Map of the mines of Cheltenham (Dogtown) in Saint Louis, MO. This area of Saint Louis sits atop the Cheltenham Syncline, which is rich with clay deposits necessary for the production of fire brick, which the city is famous for. The use of such fire increased after the great fire of 1849, which prompted city ordinances requiring the use of fire brick in all new construction. Map of the mines of Cheltenham (Dogtown) in St. Louis, MO.
- Page 1 and 2: Public writing write the World ENGL
- Page 3 and 4: Our worlds are built of things that
- Page 5: The Cahokia Site in its geographic
- Page 9 and 10: This means that our writing too mus
- Page 11 and 12: Advocacy Though most people associa
- Page 13 and 14: “Drawing on pathbreaking research
- Page 15 and 16: Other readings
- Page 17 and 18: Things That Matter A proposal (1,50
- Page 19 and 20: Zines
- Page 22 and 23: The city itself is less a situs, sa
After the fire that devastated much of<br />
St. Louis in 1849, city leaders passed<br />
an ordinance requiring all new<br />
buildings to be made of noncombustible<br />
material. That law, along<br />
with the rich clays of eastern Missouri,<br />
led to a flourishing brick industry here.<br />
Historians say that at the industry’s<br />
height, around 1900, the city had<br />
more than 100 manufacturing plants,<br />
and St. Louis became known for the<br />
quality, craftsmanship and abundance<br />
of its brick.<br />
Ruins of the Great Fire of 1849. Daguerreotype by Thomas M. Easterly, 1849. Missouri<br />
Historical Society.
Change language