Name: | Dulverton old fire station 1 site |
Address: | Lady Street |
Town: | Dulverton |
Brigade: | Somerset |
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Year Range: |
?-? (demolished) |
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Confirmed Latitude/Longitude: | 51.040949 North 03.550547 West |
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Further Information/ Provenance: | |
Shown on 1970 1:2500 OS map, still on 1973/1976 1:10000 OS map
Bart Middleton confirms old fire station was opposite churchyard, and was demolished approx 1984 - now replaced by Paddock Row
Dulverton Heritage Centre
- Fire engine was kept beneath Town Hall prior to this fire station
http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MEM21932&resourceID=1022
- A premises that belonged to Robert Page, a mechanical engineer, who made waterwheels, threshers, sawbenches and reed makers. The building included a smithy and forge, an assembly loft and carpenter's shop, and a paint shop. The paint shop later became the fire station. The fire engine was housed in Lady Street by 1922. It was damaged by fire, and demolished in 1986 |
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