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The Fire Hose House

In 2009 and 2010 the Northport Historical Society undertook the task of restoring the old building that was once the fire house.
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When still in use, the fire house had an alarm bell in the cupola that dated back to the earliest times, a siren mounted on a tower and a hose drying shed off the back of the building. The building housed hose carts, that in the early days were hitched to horses or pulled by men to the hydrant nearest the fire. By the 1950's, they were hitched to pickup trucks. The senior boys at the high school were all drafted as firemen since during the day many of the regular firemen were working out of town. [1]
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After the fire department acquired trucks, they moved to the old Mammoth Building and the old fire house slowly decayed.
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Assessing the project
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Construction progress
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Finished project
[1] Interview with Fred Hall
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  • Home
    • Smelter Monument
    • Fire House House
    • Cemeteries
  • The Virtual Museum
    • What a Stranger Saw 1901
    • Schools
    • Landmarks >
      • landmarks page 2
      • The Opera House
      • Kendrick Mercantile
      • Smelter Pumping Station
    • Ferries
    • Bridging the Columbia
    • Northport Fires >
      • One More Fire
      • 1898 Fire
      • 1914 fire
      • School Gym
      • New Zealand Hotel fire
    • Northport Smelter 1897-1910
    • Northport Smelter 1916-1921
    • Waterfalls, Lakes and the Columbia River
    • other resources >
      • Powering Northport 1893-1942
      • Polk Directory 1916-17
  • The Welcome Center Project
    • Case Statement
    • history
    • donate
  • membership application