Fireman - Fire Alarm Box - Out of Service is a photograph by Paul Ward which was uploaded on March 23rd, 2014.
Fireman - Fire Alarm Box - Out of Service
Rarely seen in this day and age, but at the time this was state of the art. A fire alarm box is an outdoor device used for notifying a fire... more
by Paul Ward
Title
Fireman - Fire Alarm Box - Out of Service
Artist
Paul Ward
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Photograph
Description
Rarely seen in this day and age, but at the time this was state of the art. A fire alarm box is an outdoor device used for notifying a fire department of a fire. Early boxes used the telegraph system and were the main method of calling the fire department to a neighborhood in the days before people had telephones. When the box is triggered, a spring-loaded wheel spins and taps out a signal onto the fire alarm telegraph wire, indicating the box number. The receiver at a fire station then can match the number to the neighborhood.
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March 23rd, 2014