subject: Fire Stations Massachusetts Wakefield
description- – Photo courtesy of Murray Young.
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- – "On April 1, 1902, the Town of Wakefield voted to sell the Greenwood Fire Station on Oak Street and convert the adjacent vacant Greenwood School building into a fire station. The school, originally built in 1847 on the east side of Main Street just south of Meriam Street, was moved to Oak Street in 1858. The cost for renovating the building for use as a fire station was $746.75. The building housed the Fire Department's first horse in 1903, which was then replaced by the chemical and hose wagon, the first motorized fire apparatus put in service in Greenwood in 1914. In November, 1924, a 1912 Webb pumping engine was relocated from the Central Fire Station to Greenwood, thereby changing the station designation from Hose 3 to Engine 2, its present identification. The engine pictured, a 600 GPM pumping engine, was purchased from the Seagrave Fire Apparatus Co., at a cost of $7000 and was placed in service as Engine 2 in 1929. The engine was replaced in 1955. The wooden fire station was razed in September, 1962 and replaced by the present wood-joisted masonry fire station in May, 1963. The building also housed the Greenwood Branch of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
subjectcollectiondate- – 2008-01-30T22:00:15Z
- – 2008-01-30T22:00:15Z
- – 1998.
- – 1998.
publisherrelation- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 1998 ; July.
coverage- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
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description- – Photo shows the brick hose drying tower, originally part of the 1891 central fire station at the corner of Crescent and Princess Streets. The tower was the only part of the building that was saved and incorporated into the new Public Safety Building, housing both the police and fire departments, which opened March 31, 2004. Photo taken around noon on Sunday, October 28, 2007.
- – Detailed entry in building survey, "The cultural resources of Wakefield", pA103.
- – 1 photograph :
subjectcollectiondate- – 2007-12-21T21:21:26Z
- – 2007-12-21T21:21:26Z
- – 2007].
- – 2007].
publishercreatorcoverage- – Wakefield, Mass. Pictorial works.
- – Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
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description- – Photos courtesy of the Wakefield Fire Department and Murray Young.
- – 4 pictures :
- – "The Town of Wakefield is fortunate to have two fire stations to service the needs of the community, one in close proximity to Wakefield Square, the other in the Greenwood section of town. The central station was located near the Wakefield Common on Church Street until the official opening of a new station in 1891 at the corner of Crescent and Mechanic Streets. T he station house was formerly the Academy Hill Center School (circa 1853) which was moved from its location a few hundred yards away on the current site of the Lincoln School House. Bricks from the Church Street station were used for the foundation and the total cost of renovating and moving the former school building was $6000. The station house was in operation until the Hathaway Fire of October 23, 1899. A new station was built shortly thereafter in 1900 by Roger Howard of Wakefield at a cost of $14,554. The station was officially opened on December 22, 1900. As the town grew, so did the Fire Department. In 1902 the original Greenwood Fire Station was built, recycled from the former Greenwood School. The original structure was built in 1847 and was located on the East side of Main Street, just south of Meriam Street. The building was later moved to Oak Street in 1858 at a cost of $450. The schoolhouse was converted in 1902 to Greenwood Engine 2 Station and remained in operation until it was torn down in 1962. The existing Greenwood Fire Station was opened on Monday, May 6, 1962 and also housed the Greenwood Branch of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library." -- Text from calendar.
- – Captions: 1. The Greenwood Station today. -- 2. The Central Fire Station today. The addition on the right was built in 1975. -- 3. The Central Fire Station in 1894 during the 250th anniversary celebration of the town. At the time, the station housed the Silsby Steamer 'Lucius Beebe No. 1', supply and hose wagons for the steamer and Abbott Downing Ladder Truck. -- 4. The Greenwood Fire Station in 1931 was the former Greenwood School. It was converted to the Greenwood Engine 2 Station in 1902 and was in operation until 1962.
subjectcollectiondate- – 2007-12-20T21:41:33Z
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:33Z
- – 1988.
- – 1988.
publisherrelation- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 1988 ; October.
coverage- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield.
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