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3/8/2010
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Historical Info
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Link - 2002 story, First Parish Church in Dorchester Fire of 2/3/1896.
Photo of the Memorial Plaque at Engine 32's quarters in Charlestown.
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Fires
Firehouses
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Fires
Active Firehouses
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3/7/2010
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Old Newspaper article
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08/23/1914 - Fire Fighters of Old No. 18
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Archives / Artifacts
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Old Newspaper Articles
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3/6/2010
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Photos
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Marine Unit, MV Norman Knight, circa 2010
Memorial to FF Francis L. Murphy, at Skating Rink, Day Blvd., So. Bos.
Charlestown Firefighters Memorial
Chief John A. Martin Playground
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Apparatus
Personnel
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Apparatus
Firefighter Memorials
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3/5/2010
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Listings of BFD Employees
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1923 List of BFD Employees
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Personnel
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BFD Employees
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3/2/2010
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Historical Info
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List of the Firewards in 1826 and other matters.
1830 Annual Report of the Fire Department (Original version)
1830 Annual Report of the Fire Department (Reconstructed version)
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Boston History Before 1859
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Boston Hist. Before 1859
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3/1/2010
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Annual Reports
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1955 Annual Report of the Fire Department
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Archives / Artifacts
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BFD Annual Reports 1940 - Present
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2/28/2010
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Historical Info
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Newspaper story - Chief Engineer Barnicoat announces officer nominations (7-8-1851)
Book excerpt - The Fireman ....... (1858), by David Dana, BFD
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Boston History Before 1859
Archives / Artifacts
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Boston Hist. Before 1859
Old Book Articles
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2/27/2010
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Historical Info
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Newspaper story - death of ret'd. Commissioner John A. Grady. (1923)
Book excerpt - "New" Boston Fire Dept. in 1825. (1828) by C.H. Snow
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Archives / Artifacts
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Old Newspaper Articles
Old Book Articles
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2/26/2010
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Historical Info
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More story items for the Great Fire of Boston (11/9/1872) (deaths of Portsmouth NH firemen)
BFD Annual Report for 1954.
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Fires
Archives / Artifacts
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Fires
BFD Annual Reports 1940 - Present
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2/24/2010
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Listings of BFD Employees
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1925 List of BFD Employees
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Personnel
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BFD Employees
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2/22/2010
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Photos
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The Active Firehouse of Engine 50, circa 2009.
A 1922 map showing the location of the Engine 50 firehouse.
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Firehouses
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Firehouses
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2/20/2010
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Historical Info
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11/9/1872 - The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
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Fires
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Fires
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2/18/2010
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Old Newspaper articles
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11/06/1902 - New fire company, Ladder Co. 18, is organized.
07/28/1910 - District Chief John F. Ryan dies.
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Archives / Artifacts
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Old Newspaper Articles
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2/17/2010
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Listings of BFD Employees
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1927 List of BFD Employees
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Personnel
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BFD Employees
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2/15/2010
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Historical Info
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Story on the progress of building the Fire Alarm system.
Story on the Beacon Street Fire of July 7, 1824.
3/11/1900 Newspaper story covering 'Early Boston Fires'.
9/9/1846 Newspaper story of a silver presentation trumpet in Dorchester.
Story of the 2/18/1860 Merchants Row Fire in Boston.
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Fire Alarm
History Before 1859
Archives / Artifacts
Annexed Cities/Towns
Fires
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Early System Design
Boston Hist. Before 1859
Old Newspaper Articles
Dorchester Hist. Before 1870
Fires
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2/13/2010
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Annual Reports
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1953 Annual Report of the Fire Department
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Archives / Artifacts
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BFD Annual Reports 1940 - Present
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2/11/2010
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Photos
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Chief of Department (circa 1947)
Division 1 Deputy Chief (circa 1950)
District 5 Chief (circa 1947)
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Apparatus
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Apparatus
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2/8/2010
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Annual Reports
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1952 Annual Report of the Fire Department
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Archives / Artifacts
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BFD Annual Reports 1940 - Present
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2/6/2010
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Historical Info
Photos
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A newspaper article on the new Engine 22 firehouse (1/27/1901)
(Old) Firehouse at 7 Parish St., Dorchester (circa 1927)
Firehouse at 7 Parish St., Dorchester (circa 1928)
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Firehouses
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Former Firehouses (Extant)
Former Firehouses (Non-Extant)
Active Firehouses
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2/5/2010
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Photos
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Engine 7 (circa 1989)
Engine 54 (Fire Brigade) (circa 1989)
Engine 55 (circa 1993)
Ladder 23 (circa 1990)
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Apparatus
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Apparatus
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2/4/2010
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Historical Info
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1923 - Newspaper story of the last horses in Charlestown (Ladder 9).
1923 - Newspaper story of the last horses in the Dept. (Ladder 24).
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Archives / Artifacts
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Old Newspaper Articles
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2/3/2010
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Photo
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Engine 22 (circa 2009)
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Apparatus
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Apparatus
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2/2/2010
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Listings of BFD Employees
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1911 List of BFD Employees
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Personnel
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BFD Employees
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2/1/2010
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Photos
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Chief of Dept. John F. McDonough and Arthur Fiedler (circa 1949)
Engine 33 (Wagon) (circa 1958)
Inside the Bowdoin Square Firehouse (circa 1960)
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Personnel
Apparatus
Firehouses
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Group Photos
Apparatus
Firehouses
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1/30/2010
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Historical Info
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A newspaper article on Charlestown, including the Fire Dept. in 1864.
A newspaper report of a major fire in Charlestown in July, 1870.
Newspaper item about the Union Vise Co. fire in Hyde Park in 1871.
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Annexed Cities &Towns - Charlestown
Annexed Cities &Towns - Hyde Park
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Charlestown before 1874
Hyde Park before 1874
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1/28/2010
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Annual Reports
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1940 Annual Report of the Fire Department
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Archives / Artifacts
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BFD Annual Reports 1940 - Present
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1/26/2010
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Listings of BFD Employees
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1931 List of BFD Employees
1929 List of BFD Employees
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Personnel
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BFD Employees
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1/25/2010
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Historical Info
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8/15/1879 - Tremont Temple Fire, 80-86 Tremont St., Downtown
8/26/1998 - Story of an explosion/fire leveled a 3-decker in Dorchester.
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Fires
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Fires
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1/22/2010
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Historical Info
Photos
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1899 - Boston Globe newspaper story on a 'Horse's Tale'.
Engine 5-Pumper (circa 1936)
Ladder 8 (circa 1975)
Ladder 6 (circa 1983)
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Archives / Artifacts
Apparatus
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Old Newspaper Articles
Apparatus
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1/20/2010
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Photos
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Group photo - Members of the Underwater Recovery Team in 1963.
Group photo - Annual Ball ticket sellers in 1963.
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Personnel
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Group Photos
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1/19/2010
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Historical Info
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Links to Stories on Fires:
- 1/27/1903 - Bigelow, Douse Building at 215 Franklin St., Downtown.
- 3/10/1893 - 'Lincoln Street Fire' caused $2.9 million in damages.
- 12/24/1911 - Boston Molasses Company Fire, South Boston.
- 2/20/1913 - Braman, Dow Fire, 239 Causeway St., North End.
- 1/29/1917 - Kelley Blanket Co. Fire, 77 Chauncy St., Downtown.
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Fires
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Fires
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1/18/2010
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Historical Info
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Links to Stories on Fires:
- 7/4/1861 - Fire on Albany St and Hudson St., Downtown, destroyed 20 three-deckers.
- 5/30/1873 - 'Memorial Day Fire' destroys the Globe Theatre and affects 105 businesses.
- 1/31/1878 - Large furniture factory at 121 Medford St., Charlestown, during a north-east gale.
- 3/12/1896 - Pope Bicycle Company, 221 Columbus Ave., Back Bay.
- 7/5/1904 - B&M Railroad Grain Elevator and Mystic Docks, Terminal St., Charlestown.
- 2/21/1905 - Hoosac Piers 3 & 4, Water St., Charlestown.
- 5/1/1908 - Cunard Pier Fire, Marginal & Clyde Sts., East Boston.
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Fires
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Fires
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1/16/2010
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Annual Reports
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1982 Annual Report of the Fire Department
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Archives / Artifacts
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BFD Annual Reports 1940 - Present
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1/14/2010
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Historical Info
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1827 - An Act for the protection of Boston against fire.
Links to Stories on Fires:
- 7/4/1861 - Nickerson's Wharf, near Maverick, Liverpool & Border Sts., East Boston.
- 4/4/1864 - Masonic Building, Tremont & Boylston Sts., Downtown.
- 10/5/1867 - Planing mill fire, Federal Street, Downtown.
- 12/28/1879 - Rice-Kendall Fire, Federal Street, Downtown.
- 1/4/1886 - Clinton Street, Downtown.
- 1/10/1893 - Hecht Building Fire, 207-219 Federal St., Downtown.
- 1/17/1909 - Park Square, Back Bay.
- 12/3/1913 - Arcadia Hotel Fire, South End.
- 2/10/1917 - Lenox Hotel Fire, Boylston & Exeter Sts., Back Bay.
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Archives / Artifacts
Fires
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Archives / Artifacts
Fires
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1/13/2010
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Historical Info
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Boston Protective Department:
- Photo associated with the 1924 East Boston crash.
- Massachusetts Acts of 1921.
- Annual Report of 1901.
- Photo and Dept. Members in 1873
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Archives / Artifacts
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Boston Protective Dept.
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1/12/2010
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Photos
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Engine 1 (Pumper)(circa 1915)
Ladder 1 (circa 1868)
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Apparatus
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Apparatus
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1/11/2010
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Photos
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Group photo of members of Ladder Company 12, circa 1959.
The interior of the Fire Alarm Office in 1951.
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Personnel
Firehouses
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Group Photos
Firehouses
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1/10/2010
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Historical Info
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1923 - Boston Globe newspaper story on the last run of fire horses in East Boston.
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Archives / Artifacts
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Old Newspaper Articles
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1/8/2010
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Historical Info
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Engraving of the (Old) State House Fire of 1832.
1972 Fire Department Annual Statistics
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Hist. Before 1859
Archives / Artifacts
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Boston History Before 1859
BFD Annual Reports 1940 - Present
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