Historical Carteret County Photographs

Courtesy of Jesse Chaplain


Beaufort fire on Front Street, January 1952. Departments on scene were Beaufort, Morehead City, Newport, Cherry Point, and New Bern.


Beaufort fire on Front Street, January 1952.


Beaufort fire on Front Street, January 1952.


Beaufort fire on Front Street, January 1952.


Beaufort fire on Front Street, January 1952.


Beaufort fire on Front Street, January 1952.


Beaufort fire on Front Street, January 1952.


Beaufort fire on Front Street, January 1952.


Beaufort fire on Front Street, January 1952.


Beaufort fire on Front Street, January 1952.


Beaufort Fire Department in 1955.


Beaufort Fire Department members in 1960, dressed for the first "pirate invasion."


Beaufort firefighter Sam Picket, shown sitting on an older fire truck. He worked with town picking up trash with a horse and cart. During the day, if the fire whistle blew, he would unhook the cart, and take the horse to the fire station to get the hose wagon. He is pictured on a 1927 American LaFrance 1000 GPM pumper. The truck was destroyed when it caught fire on Aug. 4, 1966.


1938 Dodge/Darley, 500 GPM, 200 gallon pumper.


1941 Dodge ladder truck, with a 55-foot ladder. Built by firefighters, with materials and truck purchased by town.


1948 Dodge with a 500 GPM Darley pump and 500 gallon tank, also built by firefighters. Both 1941 and 1948 fire trucks built on Front Street, where the Maritime Museum presently sits.


Morehead City, circa 1950s.


Morehead City, circa 1950s.


Morehead City foam machine is operating at a drugstore on Arendell Street on June 4, 1970.


Morehead City American LaFrance pumper, date unknown.


Morehead City FWD pumper, the same engine that overturned and killed a driver on May 1, 1951, the day of its acceptance tests.


Morehead City Fire Station #1 and municipal building, date unknown.


Atlantic Beach, circa 1950s.


Atlantic Beach, circa 1950s.


Atlantic Beach, circa 1950s.


Atlantic Beach, circa 1950s.


Atlantic Beach, circa 1950s.

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