Fire Station Details - Colchester Road (Ipswich) old fire station site

Name:	Colchester Road (Ipswich) old fire station site
Address:	Colchester Road
Town:	Ipswich
Brigade:	Suffolk
Postcode:	IP4 4SS

Year Range:	1962-2011 (demolished 2012)

Confirmed Latitude/Longitude:	52.069614 North 01.180618 East

Further Information/ Provenance:
http://www.british-steam-fire-engines.org/British_Engines_1890_onwards.html "Firefighting in Suffolk, Volume 2", p90 - gives official opening date as 20/11/62 http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ipswich_icons_disastrous_infernos_that_gave_birth_to_fire_brigade_1_3967219 - closed 2011 http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ipswich_demolition_work_begins_at_former_colchester_road_fire_station_1_1440469 - demolished July 2012. Fire station and fire control opened in November 1962


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