Author Topic: Alarm box street scenes (Read 37202 times)

efd499 · « **on:** February 22, 2002, 06:04:39 PM »

Would like to see pictures of street boxes in days
gone bye Era's.

Box 2565 · « **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.

Box 2565 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 19, 2002, 03:38:49 PM »

Mansfield, Ohio
Box 515 East 4th & North Adams

Box 2565 · « **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?

Box 2565 · « **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

Erie_Gamewell · « **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

Box 2565 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 24, 2002, 11:28:36 PM »

Mansfield, Ohio
Box 632
Diamond & Arch Streets

Box 2565 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 15, 2002, 02:37:41 AM »

This English postcard view shows a Fire Alarm Telephone.

Photo via eBay.

efd499 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 22, 2002, 09:58:25 PM »

FDNY box Sept.8 2001

PFD1 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 03, 2002, 12:37:22 PM »

Alarm box in front of Engine 98's house in Chicago. 12-02

PFD1 · « **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.

Box 2565 · « **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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Box 2565 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 05, 2004, 10:02:03 AM »

Cincinnati, Ohio
Box 6932
Observatory Place
Now, what is that building in the background....

Box 2565 · « **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.

MFDPhoto1 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 06, 2008, 07:51:05 AM »

Various "scenes" in Massillon, Ohio.

Box 2565 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 07, 2008, 01:03:58 AM »

On March 23, 1960 a severe wind storm hit the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. When you need something sturdy to hold - nothing beats Gamewell!

Chicagofirealarmcollector · « **Reply #16 on:** November 16, 2008, 03:59:04 PM »

Quote from: PFD1 on December 03, 2002, 12:37:22 PM

Alarm box in front of Engine 98's house in Chicago. 12-02

This photo of the fluted pedestal in Chicago depicts Engine 98s House on Chicago Ave. but looking at photos of the house in the 50s that box had not been installed yet. That was added later to dress up the house maybe in the 70s? Now if you want to see two original installations of fluted Chicago Pedestals still in service at theaters go to the Civic Opera House and find the South East Corner of the building. You must exit your car and walk the sidewalk as it is hidden behind a wall at that corner. The second location is on Congress Parkway just west of Michigan Ave. on the North side of the street at the entrance to the congress theater. These are covered in a foot of concrete and never removed due to that fact, in original dark paint and look real neat. Both pedestals have 51 Gamewell boxes in service on them as Chicago's System is still in service with hospital, theater, and school master boxes as well as non master boxes in service in front of important places like a day care center without an internal local fire alarm system. The boxes that were removed in approx. 1980 were the local corner boxes. Most of the boxes are still mounted on pedestals, some on walls, some inside most outside. The system is comprised of Gamewell and flush mounted Harrinton's with quick acting doors. Even some of the newer fire stations have a box flush mounted in the watch desk room.

MFDPhoto1 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 20, 2009, 11:40:05 AM »

Washington D.C. - 1926
Corner of N.W. S & N.W. 14th Streets

MFDPhoto1 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 20, 2009, 11:43:02 AM »

Greenhills, Ohio - 1938 - Box 218

MFDPhoto1 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 20, 2009, 11:46:52 AM »

New York City - Mayor Gaynor "pulling a box"
March 20. 1913

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