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Wednesday, 3 April 2013

WANSTEAD'S OLD FIRE STATION..

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This is the chimney of the old fire station in Wanstead Place. It looks enormous, more like you would see on an industrial building. You can see the chimney pots clearly on the right but what was the rest of it for ? Is the space on the left for a lookout ? Any thoughts please let me know ?

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Wanstead got this fire station in 1913 complete with horse drawn engines, in 1919 it received it's first motorised fire engine. The station was closed in 1957 doubtless after doing sterling service to the local community. It is now the home of Wanstead Children's Centre.








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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 April 2013 at 20:55

    I could be wrong, but I believe that possibly towers like this in a fire stations are drill towers? They were or are used to train the firemen -- I only got this from a quick Google but it seems to be what they are used for. Hope that helps.

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  2. Unknown4 April 2013 at 12:30

    Thank you for your comment. Makes sense I am sure that is right.
    Kind regards
    Geoff

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