Fire Station Details - Waltham Abbey old fire station 1

Name:	Waltham Abbey old fire station 1
Address:	Town Buildings/Town Hall, Highbridge Street
Town:	Waltham Abbey
Brigade:	Essex
Postcode:

Year Range:	?-?

Confirmed Latitude/Longitude:	51.687392 North 00.004611 West

Further Information/ Provenance:
Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1914, page 645 - Volunteer fire station Not shown on available OS maps July 2012 http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=+%22waltham+abbey%22+old+%22fire+station%22&source=web&cd=8&cad=rja&ved=0CFkQFjAH&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eppingforestdc.gov.uk%2Findex.php%2Fhome%2Ffile-store%2Fcategory%2F222-museum%3Fdownload%3D1153%3Apeeler-s-progress-policing-in-waltham-abbey-since-1840-c-bryn-elliott&ei=6UejUYfoIq-U0QXg2YH4BQ&usg=AFQjCNFkmdQ9yPmQNVIr3I-dIQTgJdBrOQ - "The new siren was required as a more efficient means of calling the men from their diverse locations to take out the appliances from the fire station at the Town Hall" Plotted on Town Hall - section which is now entrance doors was fire station http://www.walthamabbeyarchive.com/showphoto.php?function=view&photoid=266 - Waltham Abbey Volunteer Fire Brigade's first motor fire engine was found to be one and a half inches too wide to fit in the Town Hall Fire Station. (Picture 1923). Http://www.walthamabbeyarchive.com/showphoto.php?function=view&photoid=326 - FB housed here until after WW2 when it moved to the Romeland


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