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Alarm box street scenes
« on: February 22, 2002, 06:04:39 PM »
Would like to see pictures of street boxes in days
gone bye Era's.
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« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2002, 11:28:04 PM »
This photo was taken on April 12, 2002 and shows a typical FDNY ERS street box. Box 26 is located at Old Slip ' South Streets in Manhattan.

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« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2002, 03:38:49 PM »
Mansfield, Ohio
Box 515  East 4th & North Adams

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« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2002, 10:55:11 PM »
This pole mounted box at Exchange ' Williams Streets in New York has a message attached to the front indicating that the box is out of service.  Can anyone identify the YFD BB member in the photo?

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« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2002, 10:47:24 PM »
Washington, Pennsylvania has numerous street boxes around town.  Many of them are located on the grounds of Washington ' Jefferson College as the box shown below is.

Box 943  Wheeling Avenue Chemistry Bldg

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Re: Alarm box street scenes
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2002, 08:40:55 PM »
Hello here is a picture of box 568 protecting East 38th and Pine Ave in the City of Erie,Pa

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« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2002, 11:28:36 PM »
Mansfield, Ohio
Box 632
Diamond & Arch Streets


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« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2002, 02:37:41 AM »
This English postcard view shows a Fire Alarm Telephone.

Photo via eBay.


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Re:Alarm box street scenes
« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2002, 09:58:25 PM »
FDNY box Sept.8 2001

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Re:Alarm box street scenes
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2002, 12:37:22 PM »
Alarm box in front of Engine 98's house in Chicago. 12-02

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Re:Alarm box street scenes
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2002, 10:27:08 AM »
This is a box that supplies land communications to the fire boat at Chicago's Navy Pier.

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« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2003, 06:47:49 AM »
In the old days, it was common for gasoline stations to carry multiple brands so that you could drive to one location and choose the gasoline you wanted to purchase.  This station was probably located somewhere in Pennsylvania when this photo was taken in the 1920's.

At "The Best Garage" (We Never Close) you can choose from Tydol, Texaco, Sunoco, Sinclair, Esso, and Atlantic!  A busy place from the looks of it with a local ball team hanging out by the entrance and that Gamewell Excelsior alarm box on the utility pole.....  (Look to the left of the 7 on the sign that says "7 gallons for $1.25").
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« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2004, 10:02:03 AM »
Cincinnati, Ohio
Box 6932
Observatory Place

Now, what is that building in the background....
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« Reply #13 on: November 01, 2008, 06:42:13 AM »
You have to take a close look, but there is a box in this photo!  From the shape that can be seen I'm leaning towards this being an Excelsior.  This picture was taken on July 27, 1957 in the northern California town of Westwood.  When you look at the towns on the lists of cities with Gamewell systems there are some pretty small places.

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Re: Alarm box "street scenes"
« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2008, 07:51:05 AM »
Various "scenes" in Massillon, Ohio.

* 1938-Whitman-01.jpg (30.12 kB, 323x248 - viewed 1497 times.)

* 1974 Hydro Dyne fire-2.jpg (142.74 kB, 807x652 - viewed 1539 times.)

* Street Boxes-1.JPG (56.16 kB, 463x430 - viewed 1656 times.)

* Box 4214 Erie N. - Federal NW.jpg (75.39 kB, 757x520 - viewed 1510 times.)
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