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Chattanooga Fire Department in 1892
| Taken from The Directory of Chattanooga, Tennessee 1892 by
Connelly & Fais. |
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Chattanooga, TN information.
Below this table is a listing of the Fire Alarm Telegraph
Locations
| Name |
Location |
Officers |
Equipment & Personnel |
| Headquarters |
West Ninth, corner Poplar |
Charles Whiteside, Chief; T. A. Mulligan, Assistant; J. T. Dugger,
Electrician |
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| Lookout No. 1 |
West Ninth, northwest corner Poplar |
J. Sertel, Captain |
Steamer, one hose reel, eight men and four horses |
| Carlisle No. 2 |
Whiteside St. |
David Davis, Captain |
Steamer, hook and ladder, hose reel, fourteen men and six horses |
| W. L. Dugger No. 3 |
West side, Georgia Ave. near Sixth |
George Brown, Captain |
Steamer, hose reel, eight men and four horses |
| Engine Co. No. 4 |
209 E. |
A. F. Thompson, Captain |
Hose reel, four men and two horses |
| Chemical Engine |
West Ninth, corner Poplar |
William Toomey, Captain |
Four men, two horses |
| Truck Co. No. 1 |
West Ninth, corner Poplar |
Edward Toohey, Captain |
Eight men, two horses |
1892 Chattanooga Fire Alarm Telegraph Locations
"The Gamewell system is in use, covering all necessary gongs, indicators
and thirty-nine public alarm boxes. Keys are left at nearest houses to the
boxes, and one with each policeman, and also with responsible citizens. Alarms
should always be turned in from boxes nearest the fire."
Locations:
Lindsay and Payne
Douglas and Vine
McCallie Ave. and Houston
Walnut and E. Seventh
Boyce and Carter
Fifth and Poplar
Cedar and W. Sixth
Pine and W. Fourth
Market and Second
Market and Fourth
Market and Sixth
Loomis and Hart's Mills
Gillespie and E. Terrace
Roane Iron Co.
Tannery, Frank, near river
College and Cravens
Boyce and Hooke
Lookout Engine House
Gilmer and Palmetto
King and E. Ninth
King and E.T.R.R. Crossing
Market and Eighth
Georgia Ave. and E. Ninth
Market and Union
Whiteside and Aiken
Long and Henry
Wason Car Works
Whiteside and Lewis
Hughes Planing Mill
Carlisle Engine House
Rossville Ave. and C.R.C.R.R.
Market and Montgomery Ave.
Walnut and Third
Read House
Ninth and Fairview Ave.
Market and Seventh
Engine House, Georgia Ave.
Harrison Ave. and Doud
High and Second
Montgomery Ave. and Slayton
Vine and Palmetto
No. 4 Engine House
Oak and Baldwin
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