Description History of the Firefighting forces that protected this city and surroundings over a 200 year period...from hand pumpers to modern day apparatus. lina..
The Atlantic company is the oldest active chartered fire company in North Carolina.
Annotation The author shares the History of the Firefighting forces that protected this city and surroundings over a 200-year period--from hand pumpers to modern-day apparatus.
Learn of the legendary fire horses including Fred and Ben Hurst.
The Atlantic company is the oldest active chartered fire company in North Carolina.
The quick steaming competitions of the Atlantic and Button companies.
Post Civil War segregated independent fire companies.
The fascinating period of the Civil War when the Union-controlled city\'s Firefighting forces was run by the New York City Volunteers.
Covers the devastating fire of 1922 that destroyed over a third of the city and displaced over 3500 people.
Description History of the Firefighting forces that protected this city and surroundings over a 200 year period...from hand pumpers to modern day apparatus