Fire Station Details - Seascale old fire station site

Name:	Seascale old fire station site
Address:	Gosforth Road
Town:	Seascale
Brigade:	Cumbria
Postcode:

Year Range:	?-? (demolished)

Confirmed Latitude/Longitude:	54.396327 North 03.480602 West

Further Information/ Provenance:
http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/fireservice/yourlocalstation/a/seascale.asp - Spring 1906 brigade formed. Council met at new station on 18/05/1906 to test equipment. Old station still standing and used in recent years as a paint spray shop Not marked on available maps September 2011 David Williamson http://www.archiveweb.cumbria.gov.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=SRDM%2f1%2f5%2f19&pos=111 - contract for erection of fire station 26/06/1940 http://www.trpub.net/assets/applets/Tethera_02_March_2015-2.pdf - history of Seascale fire brigade: The Brigade never possessed a horse drawn engine. Mr Isaac Postlethwaite was paid Ł20 for building the Fire Station. The Furness Railway was to be paid Ł1 rent each year for the land. [unknown which location] May 1924: The new fire engine would not fit in the fire station and the door close. The door had to be modified from opening to sliding. Danny Jones - demolished by December 2017 and Co-Op built on site


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