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Engine Company 21, organized in 1872, was the first all-black fire company in the Chicago Fire Department. The fire pole was invented by members of the company in 1888, and after inventing it, Engine 21 had the fastest response time in the city.
The station was the second to be built for Engine Company 1, established in 1864 when the city created a paid professional fire service. The company's first building also occupied this site: an Italianate structure, it was replaced to better meet the requirements of motorized fire equipment. [2]
C&O's The Pere Marquette at Grand Central Station in Chicago on December 26, 1967 The first shop facilities were inherited from the Flint and Pere Marquette in Saginaw, Michigan . However, the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan was chosen as the primary repair facility for rolling stock in 1905, which became known as the Wyoming Shops after the ...
The NBC television show Chicago Fire, centers on a group of fictional firefighters and paramedics at a firehouse that is the headquarters of the fictitious Engine Company 51, Truck Company 81, Rescue Squad Company 3, Battalion Chief 25 (previously reassigned to another firehouse, now returned to Firehouse 51), Deputy District Chief 2-2-6 ...
A reported engine fire on a United Airlines plane temporarily halted arrivals at one of the nation’s busiest airports on Memorial Day.. United Flight 2901 was heading from Chicago O’Hare ...
Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30, historic all-black segregated fire station and engine company, NRHP-listed, home of African American Firefighter Museum; Engine Company No. 28, Los Angeles, CA, NRHP-listed; Nevada City Firehouse No. 2, Nevada City, CA, NRHP-listed; Oceanside City Hall and Fire Station, Oceanside, CA, NRHP-listed
Pages in category "Former Pere Marquette Railway stations" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Tazewell County coroner has identified a 41-year-old woman as the person found dead following a Friday morning fire in Marquette Heights.. Coroner Charles Hanley said that Fiona McCormick of ...