New houses and renovations for Boston Fire.

grumpy grizzly

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In the next 18 months construction will start on 2 new houses for BFD. The first one will be built adjacent to the quarters of Engine 17 and Ladder 7 in Meeting House Hill, a house that was built in the 1920's and houses 2 of the cities busier companies. The other is for Engine 42 and Rescue 2 in the Dorchester section. In addition renovations are planned for Engine 50 in Charlestown and the quarters of Engine 33 and Ladder 15.
 
I just visited 50 today, beautiful house, hope they don't change much of the outside, unless it benefits the members
 
17/7 the busiest firehouse in the world on a dead end street.  42 and R-2 was built somewhere around 1960, but that area has undergone massive renewal and the land is probably worth a ton.  New station will probably be somehow incorporated into a new development,
 
Maxim said:
17/7 the busiest firehouse in the world on a dead end street.  42 and R-2 was built somewhere around 1960, but that area has undergone massive renewal and the land is probably worth a ton.  New station will probably be somehow incorporated into a new development,
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Present 42 was opened in 1952
 
Correct 42 opened in 1952 and 17 in 1928 on the site of the original station.  Old 42 was up on Washington St. under the Eggleston Sq. El.
 
I checked out the ages of some of Boston's firehouses, I used "Returning to Quarters" by Richard Connelly. This is just a random sampling. E-5 in Eastie, 1902 but received several renovations, Charlestown's E-50 built in 1874, Brighton's Engine 29/Ladder 11 in 1929. Many of the oldest houses are in the Dorchester section, E17/L7 built 1928, Engine 21 in 1926, Engine 24/Ladder 23 in Grove Hall 1898! and Engine 18/Ladder 6 1894. Engine 37/Ladder 26, "Huntington Ave Express" built in 1932 and Engine 33/Ladder 15 in 1888. Although E-50's house is older, 33's has been occupied since its opening, Engine 50 was a victim of the Prop 2 1/2 in April 1981, re-activated in May 1981. Engine 42's house has had a myriad of problems including heating in the winter, always cold.

 
These will be the first new firehouses in Beantown since 1984 when E-28 and L-10 opened.

E-10, L-3  R-1 was built in 1989, but that was actually a proffered station.  The city gave a developer the property on Oliver St and the developer built the fire station as a sepaarate building intergrated into a high rise office building.

 
I do not have the particulars of the construction but Boston's Marine Unit is quartered on the first floor of a condo complex next to their dock. On May 16, 1991 they moved into these quarters which are at the end of Burroughs Whard, formerly Battery Wharf.
 
Pictures of Boston's past and present firehouse's. I'm missing the fire academy and the fire brigade station which you can't to anymore as they blew up the bridge recently. My understanding is the apparatus (engine & ladder) are still there. I'm hoping when the weather gets better to get to the academy for some picture's. The road is guarded so you can't just go over to visit unless you get someone to bring you.

http://www.squadfirephotos.com/Other/Boston-Firehouses-Past-and/i-dxFPmXt
 
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