| 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.
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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