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Fire has always fascinated and frightened.
American towns and cities have long had fire departments, professional
and volunteer, to tame fire. Many former stations are now being
used for other purposes, among them museums dedicated to those who who
fought fires and the equipment they used. Please
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NH
Littleton
Littleton
Area Historical Museum
1 Cottage Street
Littleton
NH
03561
Phone
603 444-6435
Web Site
http://www.golittleton.com/littleton_history.php
Description
stereographs produced locally, in one of the
centers of the industry
Type of
Resource
Museum
Primary
Focus
Local History
Building
Type
Firehouse
Collection
A-F
Dolls
Collection
N-Z
Photography
New or
Updated:
12/13/2005 |
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NV
Carson City
Warren Engine CO #1 Fire Museum
111 N Curry St
Carson City
NV
Phone
775 887-2210
Web Site
http://www.carson-city.nv.us/CCFD/weco/2.htm
Description
140 years of volunteer fire company history
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus
Industrial
Building Type
Fire House
Industry
/Profession
Firefighting
Collection N-Z
Machinery
New or
Updated:
07/11/2003 |
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NY
New York
New York City Fire
Museum
278 Spring Street
New York
NY
10013
Phone
212 691-1303
Web Site
http://www.nycfiremuseum.org/
Description
leather buckets, helmets, hand pumped engines,
horesdrawn & early motorized
equipment
Type of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary Focus
Industrial
Building Type
Firehouse
Industry /Profession
Firefighting
Collection A-F
Equipment
Collection G-M
Machinery
Collection N-Z
Vehicles
Era
1904
New or Updated: 12/31/2005 |
Ohio
Sharonsville
Society of Historic Sharonsville
Creek Road & Main Street
Sharonsville OH 45241
Phone 513 563-9756
Web Site http://www.eos.net/sharonville/his_sh/historic.htm
Description local memorabilia located in first town fire house
Type of Resource Museum
Alt Web http://www2.ci.sharonville.oh.us/sharonville/his_sh/historic.htm
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Fire House
Research/Reading Library |
OR
Astoria
Uppertown Firefighters Museum
2986 Marine Drive
Astoria
OR
97103
Phone
503 325-0920
Web Site
http://www.clatsophistoricalsociety.org/Pages/
Alt Web
http://www.oldoregon.com/Pages/CCHistoricalSociety.htm
Description
equipment fro 1880s-1960s, children's museum on
second floor
Type
of Resource
Specialty Museum
Primary
Focus
Children
Building
Type
Fire house
Industry /Profession
Firefighting
Collection G-M Machinery
Collection N-Z
Photographs
Owner/Operator:
Clatsop Historical Society
New
or Updated:
1/20/2004 |
RI
Warren
Baker
Street Fire Museum
42 Baker Street
Warren
RI
02885
Phone
401 245-7600
Web Site
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Description
historic station houses antique engines & pumps
Type of
Resource
Specialty Museum
Building
Type
Firehouse
Industry
/Profession
Firefighting
Collection
A-F
Engines
Collection
G-M
Machinery
Era
1846
New or
Updated:
11/20/2005
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TN
Memphis
Fire
Museum of Memphis
118 Adams Avenue
Memphis TN
38103
Phone
901 320-5650
Web Site
http://www.firemuseum.com/
Description
historic & safety exhibits, Ladder Company game,
Escape Maze
Type
of Resource
Specialty Museum
Building
Type
Fire House
Industry /Profession
Firefighting
Collection A-F
Equipment
New or Updated:
4/24/2004 |
WI
Superior
Old
Firehouse and Police Museum
402 23rd Avenue E
Superior
WI
Phone
715 398-7558
Alt Phone
715 394-7716
Web Site
http://www.superiorpublicmuseums.org/
Description
Wisconsin State Fire & Police Hall of Fame, horse
drawn & powered
Type of
Resource
Specialty Museum
Building
Type
Fire House
Nature of
Group or Site
Hall of Fame
Industry
/Profession
Law Enforcement
Collection
N-Z
Vehicles
New or Updated:
9/29/2004
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Last Update:
01/11/2008 |
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