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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby HONDO74 » Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:17 am

The FIRE CO No1 building looks like a church with a bell tower

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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:40 am

HONDO74 wrote:The FIRE CO No1 building looks like a church with a bell tower


It is a bit of an oddity and also then why it caught my eye. The brick pattern work wrapping around it and over the windows, the end windows in the attic area, and then the large arched entrance / exit door for the fire engine......but that tower on top just caps it off.

Could be a nice model.
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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby J. S. Bach » Tue Jun 14, 2022 1:14 pm

I do not see any indication of a bell, maybe a fire lookout tower?

Whatever, it would make a nice model. Woodland Scenics or Menard; are you reading this. Oh, wait a minute, forget Menard, they seem to screw up in some way almost every building they offer. Usually with the lighting.

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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:20 am

J. S. Bach wrote:.......maybe a fire lookout tower?


Probably; nice details in that as well.
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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:21 am

In (at?) Mill Run, Pa...

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Postby HONDO74 » Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:22 am

I looked up Mill Run, Pa on google maps. That apparently is a picture of Indian Creek Reservoir formerly known as Mill Run Reservoir, is a 26 acre water supply reservoir owned by the Municipal Water Authority of Westmoreland ...

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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:03 am

Town of Mill Run is actually south of there a few miles...and if you continue down Rt 381 you can visit Falling Water.
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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby pennwest » Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:32 am

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
J. S. Bach wrote:.......maybe a fire lookout tower?


Probably; nice details in that as well.


It could be a hose drying tower so that wet hoses could be hung vertically. I've seen these on other old fire houses, although they are usually fully enclosed. This one could also be a bell tower from which the bell was removed.
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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:44 am

pennwest wrote:
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
J. S. Bach wrote:.......maybe a fire lookout tower?


Probably; nice details in that as well.


It could be a hose drying tower so that wet hoses could be hung vertically. I've seen these on other old fire houses, although they are usually fully enclosed. This one could also be a bell tower from which the bell was removed.


Had the drying tower thought as well, but yes, usually enclosed and often another story taller than the main building to hang the hose.

Could have had an alarm bell in there to summon firefighters....
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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby HONDO74 » Wed Jun 15, 2022 12:04 pm

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Could have had an alarm bell in there to summon firefighters....


That was my first thought about it.

Also interesting is the horse drawn equipment. I wonder where they kept the horses

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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Jun 15, 2022 12:14 pm

HONDO74 wrote:
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Could have had an alarm bell in there to summon firefighters....


That was my first thought about it.

Also interesting is the horse drawn equipment. I wonder where they kept the horses


We can't see what's on the other side of the building - maybe there...

Too much to hope that the building still stand.
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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby J. S. Bach » Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:59 pm

If it were a drying tower, more probably than not, it would not be located right over the main entrance. All that water dripping down would create problems.

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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Thu Jun 16, 2022 7:17 am

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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Thu Jun 16, 2022 12:36 pm

The female, second from right, seems like she must have been quite a character, quite an independent soul. The stance, outfit, facial expression, and hand placement bear testimony to quite a bit of sauce.

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Re: A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....2

Postby HONDO74 » Fri Jun 17, 2022 12:39 am

MurphOnMillerAve wrote:The female, second from right, seems like she must have been quite a character, quite an independent soul. The stance, outfit, facial expression, and hand placement bear testimony to quite a bit of sauce.


I"M not sure that is a female


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