File 30 - Waterloo Fire Hall with horse-drawn fire trucks.

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Waterloo Fire Hall with horse-drawn fire trucks.

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SCA147-GA120-30

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Physical description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 26 cm.

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Scope and content

Photo of a postcard depicting members of the Waterloo Fire Department with horse-drawn vehicles in front of fire station. John Simpson seated on fire wagon on left.
The first automotive pumper fire truck was acquired on June 11, 1927. The fire hall was demolished in 1967.

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Physical condition

Copy print.

Location of originals

Original at Waterloo Public Library.

General note

Published in Welcome to Waterloo: an illustrated history of Waterloo, Ontario, in celebration if its 125th anniversary, 1857-1982 / Marg Rowell, Ed Devitt, Pat McKegney, p. 45. Also published in the Waterloo Chronicle Souvenir and described as 1912.

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