Fireman - The Fire Alarm Box is a photograph by Paul Ward which was uploaded on February 24th, 2013.
Fireman - The Fire Alarm Box
Rarely seen in this day and age, but at the time this was state of the art. A fire alarm box is an outdoor device used for notifying a fire... more
by Paul Ward
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Fireman - The Fire Alarm Box
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Paul Ward
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Photograph
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Rarely seen in this day and age, but at the time this was state of the art. A fire alarm box is an outdoor device used for notifying a fire department of a fire. Early boxes used the telegraph system and were the main method of calling the fire department to a neighborhood in the days before people had telephones. When the box is triggered, a spring-loaded wheel spins and taps out a signal onto the fire alarm telegraph wire, indicating the box number. The receiver at a fire station then can match the number to the neighborhood.
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February 24th, 2013
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