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Fire Stations

Dorchester and Milton Fireward Society

The Dorchester and Milton Fireward Society, and the clerk, Stephen Badlam, issued shares to subscribers for “the ...
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Dorchester Fire Department officially established 1844

Fire Department officially established ...
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Fire Engines in 1848

Fire Engines in 1848

No. 9563 Tiger Engine Company No. 6 Constitution Fire Engines in 1848 from town Auditor's Report. No. 1  ...
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Fire House Columbia Road

Fire House Columbia Road

No. 4585 Fire Station, Columbia Road, photograph, August 2004. Firehouse Columbia Road corner Anabel Street.  ...
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Fire House Meetinghouse Hill

Fire House Meetinghouse Hill

No 11562 Meetinghouse Hill Fire Station circa 1910 Engine 17 and Ladder 7 operated out of a brick firehouse ...
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Fire Station Mattapan

Fire Station Mattapan

No. 3628 Postcard. Caption on front: 2761. Fire Station No. 19, Norfolk Street, Mattapan, Mass.  Postmarked Aug ...
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Fire Stations in Dorchester1867-1868 Annual Report

Fire Stations in 1867-68 annual report Fountain Engine No. 1 Lower Mills Steam Fire Engine No. Meeting House ...
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Firehouse Peabody Square, 1884 Dorchester Avenue

Firehouse Peabody Square, 1884 Dorchester Avenue

No. 14620 Engine 46, photograph from 1910 Engine 18/Ladder 6 (Ashmont) This firehouse opened on October 4, ...
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Harvard Street Fire Station

Harvard Street Fire Station

No.  13770 Fire Station on Harvard Street, March 2004 No. 7149 Fire Engine House no. 3 in a photo from the ...
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Neponset Fire Station

Neponset Fire Station

No. 19327 Neponset Fire Station, no date indicated The fire station building, which was built in 1869, housed ...
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Plaque to the Memory of Lieut. Warren T. Lynch, Boston Fire Department

Plaque to the Memory of Lieut. Warren T. Lynch, Boston Fire Department

No. 21498 Plaque dedicated to the memory of Lieut. Warren T. Lynch, Engine Company, B. F. D. Died in the ...
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River Street Fire Station

River Street Fire Station

No.  8267 Fire Station River and Temple Streets Scan of photograph of the fire station that was constructed on ...
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