WASHINGTON, DC FIRE CALL BOXES

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Fire alarm call boxes were first installed in Washington, DC in the 1860s– around the same time they first appeared in NYC — and largely resembled and worked the same way as their NYC counterparts. Ornamental posts like this first appeared in the 1890s: Fire call boxes had a simple pole and protected light on [...]

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