Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
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Engine
Company No. 29
158 South Western Avenue
Circa 1913
1913
Gorham Seagrave Auto Pumper
WC144 (water cooled) 1000 GPM
Combination Hose Wagon, SN#30
In service
at Engine Company 29 in 1913 and
moved to Engine Company 11 in 1915.
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Source: Fireman Henry F. McCann
Scrap Book Collection
Circa 1914 |
Source: Fireman Henry F. McCann
Scrap Book Collection
Circa 1914 |
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| On April 16, 1913
Fire Station 29 was opened to serve the far western suburbs of the
fast growing city of Los Angeles. William Mulholland had just
opened the Aqueduct that nourished the almost phenomenal growth which
would take place during the 20's and 30's. Fire Station 29
replaced a hand-drawn hose cart staffed by the women of the community
since the men were far away in The City. The area didn't even
have water mains hooked to the municipal water system until 2 years
later. Until then, the hot mineral spring near what is now the
intersection of Beverly Blvd. and Oxford Ave. provided domestic water.
With modern equipment,
including a motorized steamer, 29's provided the area with the finest in
fire protection. Unknown to them at the time, the fire station they
opened would be staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for the next 75+
years, longer than any Los Angeles fire station before or since.
GRAPEVINE, March 1988 |
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| Date
Opened |
April 13, 1913 |
| Land Cost |
$ 3,350. |
| Building Cost |
$18,745. |
| Sq.Ft.
Floor Area |
Main Bldg.
Detached Kitchen
Oil & Storage Room
Handball Court
Total |
2,904
409
423
906
4,642 |
| Sq.Ft.
Site 60x143 |
8,600 |
| Number of Poles |
2 |
| Gasoline storage |
550 gallons |
| Pump - electric
(outside) |
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| Telephone No. |
DUnkirk
9-8842 |
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Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
Courtesy Sam Dodd
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Engine
Company No. 29
158 South Western Avenue
Circa 1917
Apparatus |
Wagon
29 - 1914 Moreland Hose Wagon
Shop Number
45
(Shown in left engine bay.) |
Engine 29 - 1899
Metropolitan
3rd Size
Steamer, Shop Number 13 ,
Serial Number 2683 with
1914
Christie 2-Wheeled Tractor.
(Shown in right engine bay.) |
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Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
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Engine
Company No. 29
158 South Western Avenue
Circa 1917
Engineer R. J. Phillips and Driver William Sauer
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This 1899
Metropolitan 3rd Size Steamer, SN# 13, Serial Number 2683 was motorize
in 1914 with a 1914 Christie 2-Wheeled Tractor.
Originally
assigned to Engine 11 in 1900, motorized in 1914 and moved along with
the 1914 Moreland Hose Wagon (SN#45) to Engine Company 29 in 1915.
This apparatus
remained in service as Engine 29 until 1923. It was sold back to
Hirsch/Seagrave December 10, 1923 as a trade in for new apparatus. |
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 Source: Nancy Elliott
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This apparatus is equipped with a
"MASTER CARBURETER"
Note Engineer operating carbuerter
control on steering post.
1915
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Source: Nancy Elliott
1915
Source: Nancy Elliott
Note: Fireman pointing to the
"MASTER CARBURETER"
on this apparatus.
-Known for quick starting, power and speed.-
1915
Source: Fireman John L. Banks Scrap Book Collection
1916
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USC
Digital Library Collection
Part
Of:
Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
[project] USC
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View of Western Avenue between
1st Street and 2nd Street,
Los Angeles, ca. October 1924
Description:
Photograph (streetscape, horizontal photography) of
Western Avenue near 1st. A fire station is on the
right. Looking north on Western Avenue between First
Street and Second Street. Commercial district with
automobile traffic and street car tracks. Fire
Station, Wilshire Fireproof Storage Company, Sam
Seelig Company Photo credits to The C.C. Pierce
Collection, Historical Photographs, 1572 West Pico
Street, Los Angeles, California.
Legible signs include: "[...]atz, [...] & heating, [contr]actor",
"safety service", "Wilshire Fireproof Storage Co.,
movers and packers of furniture, shipping reduced
rates, fireproof depository, household effects,
automobiles, phone Dunkirk 1171". |
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