Name: | Truro old fire station 3 |
Address: | High Cross |
Town: | Truro |
Brigade: | Cornwall |
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Year Range: |
1882-? |
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Very Rough Plot: Latitude/Longitude: | 50.264124 North 05.052153 West |
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Further Information/ Provenance: | |
Trade & General Directory of Truro, 1883, p3 and p8 and p49 (street directory lists all properties in street)
Kelly's Directory of Cornwall, 1883, p1038
- describes location of fire station
Very rough plot - unable to ascertain which building. Not marked on available maps April 2011
"The History of Truro Fire Brigade" by Rodney Smith
- In 1868 Truro Volunteer Brigade was formed and had 2 fire engines and an escape housed in a station in St Marys Street. The brigade moved its premises firstly to the Town Hall, and in 1882 a new fire station was opened in High Cross |
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