{"id":4216,"date":"2019-02-12T09:23:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T14:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=4216"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:14:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:14:34","slug":"colonial-wilmington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/colonial-wilmington\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire and Fire Control in Colonial Wilmington – 1975"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, it’s history month at Blog Central. Was shown this last week, from a fellow researcher. The story of fire protection in Colonial Wilmington, from a May 1975 article in the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Includes details on what was likely North Carolina’s first hand engine, delivered circa 1756. Plus a few details on the other towns of the time, both in and out of state. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This one’s a must-read for history buffs. Details on colonial fire protection in the Carolinas can be quite hard to come by.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Read the bulletin<\/a> (PDF, 2.7MB).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Original retrieved from http:\/\/www.latimerhouse.org\/Images\/lcfhs\/documents\/bulletins\/1975\/Bulletin_May_1975_sw.pdf on February 12, 2019.<\/p>\n

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