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Also known as Arctic bases, polar stations or ice stations, these bases are widely distributed across the northern polar region of Earth. Historically few research stations have been permanent. Most of them were temporary, being abandoned after the completion of the project or owing to lack of funding to continue the research.
Hose tower at Engine House No. 16, present-day Central Ohio Fire Museum Hose tower of Erottaja's fire station in Helsinki, Finland. A hose tower is a structure constructed for hanging firehoses to dry. Hose towers have been features of some fire station designs in Canada, [1] Germany, [2] and the United States. [3]
A fireman's pole (also called a firefighter's pole, sliding pole or a fire pole) is a pole that firefighters slide down to quickly reach the ground floor of a fire station. This allows them to respond to an emergency call faster, as they arrive at the fire engine faster than by using a standard staircase.
The Wenatchee Fire Station No. 1, at 136 S. Chelan Ave. in Wenatchee, Washington, was built in 1929. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 as Wenatchee Fire Station #1. [1] It is significant as a work of architect Ludwig O. Solberg.
Fire Station No. 2 (1901), Athens, Georgia, a gridiron-shaped station included in the Cobbham Historic District [16] Fire Station No. 6, Atlanta, Georgia, included in the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park; Fire Station No. 11 (Atlanta, Georgia), listed on the NRHP in Georgia; Fire Station 19 (Atlanta, Georgia)
This is a list of notable fire lookout towers and stations, including complexes of associated buildings and structures. This includes lookout cabins without towers which are perched high and do not require further elevation to serve for their purpose, and also includes notable lookout trees .
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Fire Station No. 1 is a former fire station in the Central Hillside neighborhood of Duluth, Minnesota, United States.The two-building complex was constructed in 1889. It was one of the first fire stations in Duluth, built as the city transitioned from a volunteer fire department to a professional municipal agency. [2]