Raleigh Fire
Department History |
Alarm Boxes |
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68 Alarm Boxes Listed
Box
Number |
Location |
Installed |
Notes |
4 |
W. Morgan at water
tower |
pre FY 1890 |
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Not Listed |
pre 1903 |
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12 |
Polk and East |
pre FY 1902 |
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13 |
Johnson and Halifax |
pre FY 1891 |
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Northside Drugstore |
pre 1903 |
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Person and Franklin |
pre 1911 |
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14 |
North and Person |
pre FY 1890 |
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Oakwood and Person |
pre 1913 |
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Polk and Person |
pre 1915 |
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15 |
Edenton and East |
pre FY 1890 |
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16 |
Polk and Blount |
pre FY 1902 |
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Peace and Blount |
pre 1915 |
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17 |
Wilmington and Lane |
pre FY 1902 |
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18 |
Edenton and Person |
pre FY 1902 |
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19 |
Jones and Elm |
pre 1905 |
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121 |
Heck and Lane |
pre 1915 |
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Jones and Blount |
pre 1919 |
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122 |
New Bern and Haywood |
pre 1923 |
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123 |
New Bern and Maple |
pre 1915 |
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124 |
Lane and Bloodworth |
pre 1915 |
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126 |
Mary Elizabeth
Hospital |
pre 1923 |
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21 |
Morgan and Blount,
NE corner |
FY 1890 |
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23 |
Martin and
Washington |
pre FY 1890 |
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Wilmington and
Martin |
pre 1903 |
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24 |
Davie and Bloodworth |
pre FY 1890 |
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Davie and East |
pre 1905 |
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Watts and Cabarrus |
pre 1915 |
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25 |
Wilmington and South |
pre FY 1890 |
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Fayetteville and
South |
pre 1911 |
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26 |
Hargett and East, NE
corner |
FY 1890 |
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Hargett and Swain |
pre 1905 |
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27 |
Blount and Cabarrus,
SW corner |
FY 1890 |
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28 |
Smithfield and
Blount |
pre FY 1902 |
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29 |
Fayetteville and
Hargett |
pre FY 1902 |
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212 |
Hargett and Dawson,
NE corner |
FY 1890 |
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Fayetteville and
Hargett |
pre 1903 |
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Not Listed |
pre 1909 |
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Swain and Davie |
pre 1921 |
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213 |
Morgan and East |
pre 1915 |
|
214 |
Hargett and
Bloodworth |
pre FY 1902 |
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Martin and East |
pre 1915 |
|
215 |
Blount and Hargett |
pre 1919 |
|
216 |
Hargett and
Wilmington |
pre 1923 |
|
231 |
Morgan and
Fayetteville |
pre 1915 |
|
235 |
Morgan and Blount |
pre 1915 |
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241 |
Martin and Oak |
pre 1915 |
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242 |
Lenoir and Swain |
pre 1915 |
|
243 |
South and Bloodworth |
pre FY 1905 |
|
281 |
Martin and Person |
pre 1915 |
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31 |
Davie and Dawson |
pre FY 1890 |
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32 |
Hillsboro and West |
pre FY 1890 |
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33 |
Boylan and Hargett |
pre 1915 |
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34 |
Fayetteville and
Hargett, NE corner |
FY 1890 |
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Lenoir and McDowell |
pre 1903 |
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South and McDowell |
pre 1915 |
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35 |
Lenoir and McDowell,
SE corner |
FY 1890 |
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Hargett and Dawson |
pre 1903 |
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Morgan and McDowell |
pre 1915 |
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36 |
South and Harrington |
pre FY 1900 |
|
37 |
West and Hargett |
pre FY 1900 |
|
38 |
Hillsboro and St.
Mary's |
pre 1917 |
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39 |
Cutler and
McCullough |
pre 1917 |
|
312 |
Martin and Salisbury |
pre FY 1902 |
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314 |
Fayetteville and
Davie |
pre 1917 |
|
315 |
South and Boylan |
pre 1919 |
|
321 |
Mills Wagon Factory |
pre FY 1900 |
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322 |
Hotel Raleigh
(private) |
pre 1922 |
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323 |
Hargett and Dawson |
pre 1917 |
|
333 |
Grape and Battle |
pre 1915 |
|
341 |
Hillsboro and
Harrison |
pre 1915 |
|
342 |
Fayetteville and
Cabarrus |
pre FY 1904 |
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41 |
N. Dawson between
Lane and Jones |
pre FY 1890 |
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Lane and Harrington |
pre 1903 |
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42 |
Halifax and Edenton |
pre FY 1890 |
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Cary and Tucker |
pre 1915 |
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43 |
Jones and Saunders |
pre FY 1900 |
|
45 |
Raleigh Cotton Mills |
pre 1903 |
|
46 |
Hillsboro and
McDowell |
pre FY 1902 |
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Edenton and Dawson |
pre 1915 |
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47 |
W. North , near
Salisbury St. |
FY 1890 |
Installed by R&G
Railroad |
North Street near
Car Shed |
pre 1903 |
same as above? |
Salisbury and
Johnson |
pre 1911 |
|
412 |
Jones and McDowell |
pre 1903 |
|
431 |
Boylan and North |
pre 1915 |
|
432 |
Saunders and Johnson |
pre FY 1906 |
|
434 |
Boylan and Devereaux |
pre 1915 |
|
51 |
Whitaker and
Glenwood |
pre 1921 |
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52 |
State Insane Asylum |
pre 1907 |
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53 |
Hawthorne Rd. |
pre 1921 |
|
54 |
Park and Jackson |
pre 1921 |
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56 |
Hillsboro and Maiden |
pre 1921 |
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57 |
Oberlin Rd. |
pre 1921 |
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Box Locations From Sanborn Fire Insurance
Map, October, 1949 (Incomplete)
- Ambleside and Hawthorne, SE
corner
- Aycock at Dare, E side
- Baseball Park between S.
Wilmington St. and N. Blount St.
- Dorothea Dix Hospital, Main
Building x 2
- Dorothea Dix Hospital, Ward 3A
- Dorothea Dix Hospital, Ward 4A
- Dorothea Dix Hospital, Ward 5A
- DuPont Cir. and Kinsey, NE
corner
- E. Aycock and Sunrise, NE
corner
- E. Whitaker Mill and Reaves, SW
corner
- E. Whitaker Mill at McCarthy, S
side
- Everett and Chamberlain, SE
corner
- Everett and Chamberlain, SE
corner
- Fairview and Duncan, NE corner
- Glenwood Ave. and Cleveland, NE
corner
- Glenwood Ave. and The Circle,
SE corner
- Harvey and Carr, NE corner
- Hillsboro St. and Harrison, SE
corner
- Hillsboro St. and Hawthorne, NW
corner
- Hillsboro St. and Maiden Ln.,
NE corner
- Hillsboro St. and St. Mary's
St., NW corner
- Hillsboro St. and St. Mary's
St., SE corner
- Jarvis and Vance, NE corner
- McCullock and Cutter, NW corner
- Methodist Orphanage
- Mordecai and Chestnut, SE
corner
- Mordecai and Sycamore, NE
corner
- Mordecai and Sycamore, SE
corner
- N. Blount St. and E. Whitaker
Mill, SE corner
- N. Blount St. and Popular, SE
corner
- N. Boylan and Deveraux, NW
corner
- N. Boylan and Deveraux, SE
corner
- Oberlin Rd. and Roberts, NE
corner
- Park Ave. and Ashe Ave., NW
corner
- Park Ave. and Jackson
- Poplar and N. Blount St, SE
corner
- Poplar at Courtland and
Mordecai, E side
- Raleigh Bonded Warehouse
- Rex Hospital, in building
- St. Mary's St. and W. Jones
St., SE corner
- St. Mary's St. at Brooklyn, E
side
- Stokes and W. Lenior, SW corner
- Sunset at White Oak, N side
- W. Aycock and Scales
- W. Hargett and S. Boylan, NW
corner
- W. Morgan St. and Snow Ave., SE
corner
- W. Park Dr. and Ambleside
- W. Whitaker Mill and Glenwood
Ave., NE corner
- Wake Forest Rd. and Harding
St., NE corner
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Box Signals (incomplete)
Year |
1903, 1905, 1909, 1913 |
1915 |
1 blow |
test of
line |
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2 blows x
2 |
call for
direct pressure |
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3 blows |
fire under
control |
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4 blows |
direct
pressure on |
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6 blows
then 3 |
shut down
street car plant |
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6 blows
then 4 |
shut down
electric light plant |
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7 blows
then 3 |
call for
reserve steamer |
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10 blows |
call for
police |
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2-2 |
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2-1-2 |
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3-1-2 |
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1-1-2 |
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4-1-2 |
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5-5 |
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6-6 |
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6-1-2 |
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7-7 |
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7-1-2 |
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9-9 |
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10 blows
and 2 rounds from box |
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15 blows |
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distress
signal and round from box |
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