Wilcox Hose Co. - Fire Department
MakerMade by
H. Wales Lines Company
American, 1864 - 1983
Date1891
MediumPhotography; albumen on paper in cardboard album covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 1/4 x 7 1/4in. (23.5 x 18.4cm)
Other (overall height x width): 11 1/2 x 8 1/4in. (29.2 x 21cm)
Other (overall height x width): 11 1/2 x 8 1/4in. (29.2 x 21cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionPhotograph of Wilcox Hose Company fire house in Meriden, CT. There is a square tower in the center of the building. To the right of the tower is the door for the fire truck. The sign above the fire truck door says, "Wilcox Hose No. 4."
Object number2015.149.1.2
InscribedRecto, handwritten in black ink: "Wilcox Hose Co. - Fire Department, 1891"Recto, handwritten in black ink: "City"NotesFrom: City of Meriden History of Fire Department webpage
"Wilcox Hose Co. 4 was organized in 1871 on Colony Street near Kensington Avenue in Meriden and later relocated to a modern facility at 260 Sherman Avenue.
The Meriden Fire Department became the first fully mechanized department in the state by 1914 and fire prevention and education was initiated in public schools as early as 1915. The Meriden Fire Department started responding to calls for heart attacks and difficulty breathing as early as the 1940s and has now progressed to all firefighters being trained as first respondents either as Emergency Medical Technicians or Medical Response Technicians equipped with Automated External Defibrillators."
The City of Meriden Plan of Conservation & Development Update, Community Character and Historic Resources (2007) lists the building on the Historic Properties Inventory as located on N. Colony Street.
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