Name: | Swindon old fire station 4 site |
Address: | The Sands |
Town: | Swindon |
Brigade: | Wiltshire |
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Year Range: |
c1880-? (demolished) |
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Confirmed Latitude/Longitude: | 51.552489 North 01.781860 West |
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Further Information/ Provenance: | |
http://swindonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/swindon-fire-brigade.html
- However, this [station in Victoria Street c1879] may have been merely a temporary arrangement as less than a year later the Fire Brigade committee recommended a site in the Sands at the entrance to the Quarries for a Fire Engine and Fire Escape Station
Shown on 1886 1:2500 OS map, still on 1900 1:2500 OS map, demolished by 1923 map |
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