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Engine House (other)
An engine house is a building that holds engines, often stationary engines providing power. The term is also used, at least in the United States, to mean a fire station holding fire engines/trucks. Engine House or variations such as Engine House No. X, may refer to: United States (ordered by state then city) * Engine House No. 18 (Los Angeles, California), a fire station * Engine House No. 31 (San Francisco, California), a fire station * Mechanics Engine House No. 4, Macon, Georgia, a fire station * Engine House No. 3 (Fort Wayne, Indiana), a fire station * Valley Junction-West Des Moines City Hall and Engine House, West Des Moines, Iowa, a fire station * Engine House No. 6 (Wichita, Kansas), a fire station * Engine House (Auburn, Maine), a fire station * Monson Engine House, Monson, Maine, a fire station that is now the Monson Historical Society Museum * Old City Hall and Engine House, Annapolis, Maryland * Engine House No. 6 (Baltimore, Maryland), a fire station * Engine House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engine House
__NOTOC__ An engine house is a building or other structure that holds one or more engines. It is often practical to bring engines together for common maintenance, as when train locomotives are brought together. Types of engine houses include: * motive power depots (MPD), where locomotives are stored and maintained * Buildings that housed a steam engine on a mine, used for pumping, winding or stamping. Many of these have survived in Cornwall, England, for example at Crown Mines. * Buildings that housed a pumping engine for an atmospheric railway *House-built engines, where the engine ''is'' the house. A house-built engine is a large beam engine where the engine house itself forms the frame of the engine. The term "engine house" is also used, widely in the United States and perhaps elsewhere, to mean: *Fire station, which hold fire engine trucks. List of engine houses Notable examples, not including fire stations, include: ;in Australia *Numerous historic sites listed on the V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland Mine Engine House Number 3
The Cleveland Mine Engine House Number 3, also known as the Brownstone Engine House, is a building located at 601 M-28 Business (Ishpeming–Negaunee, Michigan), Division Street in Ishpeming, Michigan. It was built to house engines hoisting ore from various Cleveland Mine locales, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. History The Cleveland Mine was established in 1849, and was the second iron mine opened on the Marquette Iron Range after the Jackson Mine. The mine was one of the largest producers in the area from the 1850s through the 1880s, when it was headed by Samuel L. Mather. The first portion of the engine house was built in 1880-1882 and served as the mine's primary engine house. A hoisting plant consisting of two engines built by the Iron Bay Foundry of Marquette was installed in the building, and the equipment was used to haul ore from what was then known as the Incline Pit and the Sellwood (or Number 3) Pit. In 1884, the size of the buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigerton Village Hall And Engine House
The Tigerton Village Hall and Engine House is a municipal building built in 1906 in Tigerton, Wisconsin. Built with the support of Herman Swanke's Tigerton Lumber Company, it was placed close to that lumber company's mill to protect it from fire. The building also served as a community center, housing both government offices and social functions. In 2008 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The forest that would become Shawano County had been developed for logging ever since 1843, when Charles Wescott and Samuel Farnsworth paddled up the Wolf River. In 1879, Frederick Rhinelander's Milwaukee Lakeshore & Western Railroad reached the site on the Embarrass River that would become Tigerton. The town was platted, mills opened to process the wood coming from the surrounding forest, and the community grew. With . In 1887 Herman Swanke and some partners built a sawmill two and a half miles west of Tigerton on the Embarrass River. They named their enterprise the Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omro Village Hall And Engine House
The Omro Village Hall and Engine House, built in 1896, was the first centralized municipal building in Omro, Wisconsin, and the seat of local government for 70 years. In 1997 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its intact Late Victorian architecture and its role in the community. With . The first permanent settler at what would become Omro was Edward West, in 1845. By 1848 he had been joined by dozens of other settlers - mostly farmers. Sawmills on the river followed shortly, and in 1849 the village of Omro was platted. In 1857 the village was chartered. More businesses started, and even more after the railroad arrived in 1861. By 1891, Omro's population was 1600. In that year the village trustees created a fire department, buying a horse-drawn fire engine and two hand-pulled hose carts. This expensive equipment needed protection, so the trustees bought a small frame building to serve as Omro's first fire engine house. At that early date, all the village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waynesville Engine House And Lockup
The Waynesville Engine House and Lockup, at 260 Chapman St. in Waynesville, Ohio, was built in 1881. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 1999. It has also been known as the Waynesville Lockup. It was built in 1881 as Waynesville's first fire station. A fire truck was purchased in 1886, and in the same year an extension to the rear was added to serve as a jail. It is not covered in the Ohio Historic Places Dictionary. References Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, Ohio Neoclassical architecture in Ohio Fire stations completed in 1881 1881 establishments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Ohio Fire Museum
The Central Ohio Fire Museum is a firefighting museum in Downtown Columbus, Ohio, housed in the former Engine House No. 16 of the Columbus Fire Department, built in 1908. It was listed on the Columbus Register of Historic Properties in 1983 and the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 1995. Details of the building's plans were released in September 1908, drawn by department architect A. C. Burley. The building was renamed Station No. 1 when the old Engine House No. 1 at Front and Elm streets closed. The fire station was one of several built to similar design, along with Engine House No. 14 and Engine House No. 15. The building was completed in 1908, built as the last in the city to accommodate horse-drawn engines (the transiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niagara Engine House
The Niagara Engine House is located on North Hamilton Street in downtown Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. It is a brick building constructed in the early 20th century, the only extant fire house of the six engine companies that once protected the city. It was designed by local architect Percival M. Lloyd in a late application of the Gothic Revival architectural style. In 1982 it, along with two other old Poughkeepsie firehouses, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Building The firehouse is a brick building three stories high with three to five bays in each story. The front facade faces east. Beneath the flat roof is a projecting cornice and brick frieze with blue squares on which "Niagara" is spelled out. It is supported by large brackets alternating with smaller ones. Fenestration is varied. The third-story windows have pointed arches. The central window on the story below is a projecting bay window with a castellated top and diamond-shaped lights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Benton Engine House
The Fort Benton Engine House, on Front and 15th Sts. in Fort Benton, Montana, was built in 1883. It has also been known as Old City Hall, because it served as city hall for the town for many years. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is a one-and-a-half-story brick building, in plan, which was built as a fire station but also served as city hall and jail in its early years. With It is also included in the Fort Benton Historic District. References Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana National Register of Historic Places in Chouteau County, Montana Government buildings completed in 1883 1883 establishments in Montana Territory Engine House __NOTOC__ An engine house is a building or other structure that holds one or more engines. It is often practical to bring engine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winona And St
Winona, Wynona or Wynonna may refer to: Places Canada * Winona, Ontario United States * Winona, Arizona * Winona, Indiana * Winona Lake, Indiana * Winona, Kansas * Winona, Michigan * Winona County, Minnesota ** Winona, Minnesota, the seat of Winona County * Winona, Mississippi * Winona, Missouri * Winona, Ohio * Winona, Tennessee (other), several places * Winona, Texas * Winona, West Virginia * Winona, Taylor County, West Virginia * Winona Historic District, in Norfolk, Virginia * East Winona, Wisconsin Other uses * Wynonna Judd, known simply as Wynonna ** ''Wynonna'' (album), her 1992 debut solo album * Winona (name), including a list of people named Winona, Wynona or Wynonna * Winona (horse), a racehorse * Winona (Winona, Virginia), U.S., a historic home * The Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, United States * Wynona (restaurant), a restaurant in Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weir Engine House
The Weir Engine House is a historic fire station located at 530 Weir Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. It was built in 1889 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is one of two stations in the city, along with the Whittenton Fire and Police Station designed by Taunton's second fire chief, Abner Coleman. It was built by contractor James T. Bassett. The building is a 2-1/2 story brick structure, with a rear ell and a hose-drying tower. It is covered by a hip roof with large central gabled wall dormer at the front. The station has three equipment bays with segmented-arch granite lintels. Above the outer bays are single sash windows with granite sills and lintels. The second-story central bay has a group of three sash windows, above which, in the gable, are three similar but truncated windows, with a field of scalloped wood shingles above. The building's design is similar to that of the Whittenton Station, which was built at the same time. The stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire Station
__NOTOC__ A fire station (also called a fire house, fire hall, firemen's hall, or engine house) is a structure or other area for storing firefighting apparatuses such as fire apparatus, fire engines and related vehicles, personal protective equipment, fire hoses and other specialized equipment. Fire stations frequently contain working and living space for the firefighters and support staff. In large U.S. cities, fire stations are often named for the primary fire companies and apparatus housed there, such as "Ladder 49". Other fire stations are named based on the settlement, neighborhood or street where they are located, or given a number. Facilities A fire station will at a minimum have a garage for housing at least one fire engine. There will also be storage space for equipment, though the most important equipment is stored in the vehicle itself. The approaches to a fire station are often posted with warning signs, and there may be a traffic signal to stop or warn traffic when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old City Hall And Engine House
The Old City Hall and Engine House is a historic municipal building at Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a -story, three bay brick building built 1821–1822 by the City of Annapolis. It was the first structure erected by the city for municipal purposes. On the first floor was the fire station, with a meeting room for the town council above. In 1868 the city sold the building for commercial purposes. The Old City Hall and Engine House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 1973. References External links *, including photo from 1994, at Maryland Historical Trust Buildings and structures in Annapolis, Maryland Infrastructure completed in 1822 Former seats of local government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
