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  Second Street near Boyle Avenue
  114 West Ninth Street near Main
  916 South Santee Street
  1279 West Temple Street
  1279 West Temple Street  (new building - same location)
  534 East Edgeware Road (building moved to new location)
  326 North Virgil Avenue

1888 - 1894
1894 - 1899
1899 - 1900
1900 - 1928
1928 - 1949
1949 - 1987

1987 - Present


Engine Company No. 6
1279 West Temple Street
1915 - 1928



Source: OFFICIAL LAFD PHOTO
 


SOCIAL PASTIMES
AT ENGINE Co. No. 6 - LOS ANGELES
EVENING IN JUNE 1915

 
PHOTO BY DURSTON
 


Source: OFFICIAL LAFD PHOTO
 


TURNOUT ON A NIGHT IN JUNE
ENGINE Co. No 6 - L.A.
1915        
PHOTO BY DURSTON
 


Source: OFFICIAL LAFD PHOTO
 


WHEN NIGHT PALLS ON THE
HEIGHTS OF ANGELENO
No. 6 RECEIVES A WARNING
AND MAKES READY FOR A RUN
L.A.  JUNE 1915    DURSTON
 

Engine Company No. 6 

  In 1914 the horse drawn hose wagon was replaced with a 1914 Moreland/Racine Combination Chemical & Hose Wagon, Shop Number #40. (Shown above in foreground.)

  In 1915 the horse drawn steamer was replaced with a 1905 Metropolitan 3rd Size Steamer, Shop Number 19, Serial Number 3089 and a new 1915 Christie 2-Wheeled Front Drive Tractor.  (Shown behind the Moreland.)  

  Both of these pieces of equipment have been restored and are on display at the Burbank Fire Department Headquarters, Burbank, California. 


Source: Roger Embury Collection
Photo 28
 


Source: OFFICIAL LAFD PHOTO
 

Engine Company No. 6
Salvage Company No. 6
1279 West Temple Street

Circa 1925


Source: OFFICIAL LAFD PHOTO
 

Engine Company No. 6
Salvage Company No. 6
1279 West Temple Street

Circa 1925

 


Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
 

Engine Company No. 6

Circa 1925


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