Historic Fire Engine
Fire House, Columbia State Historic Park, Columbia, CA. [Oldest Fire Engine on the Pacific Coast, in Service Today. Columbia Fire Department FD-1] [F810 FD-001] Hand operated pumper truck. (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Fire Department
Contains 239 photos
Fire Engine
In front of Exempt Fire House on Brenham Place (Walter U. Lum) [Engine No. 49, First Fire Engine used in San Francisco ... Brought around Cape Horn to SF in the year 1849. FB-3] Hand operated pumper engine [F810 FD-003] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) Source is illustration from 'The Exempt Firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record', 1900, P. 6. "Cal. Photo. Eng. Co." has been written over at lower left corner.
Chinatown
Eureka Fire Company
Members of Eureka Fire Engine Co. (IV). East side of Mason St. between Post and Sutter. Twenty firemen in fire hats posed in front of engine. [FD-15] [F810 FD-015] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Mission St.
Men in bowler hats posing with steam fire engine. [Old 12 Engine on Mission Street No. 2 Gorter; 3 Reilley; 4. Girot; 5 Sullivan, of 1 Hose, 6. Ex. Chief Dennis T. Sullivan FD-17] [F810 FD-017] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
San Francisco Bay
[Off Fort Point FP-6 1857] Engraving of view east from Fort Point. Sailing ships and paddlewheel steamer in bay, Alcatraz and Yerba Buena Islands in distance [F810 FP-006] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Presidio
Fire Department Portrait
Pioneers in S.F. Fire Department. [FD-2] Fifteen men in coats, vests & bow ties, mustaches & beards. [F810 FD-002] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Pacific Near Montgomery
Crescent Engine Co. No. 10, founded on November 4, 1852 on Ohio Street (now Osgood Pl.) between Broadway and Pacific. Hand operated pumper truck (fire engine) surrounded by members of the fire company. Other men sit on second story ledge. The Company moved to the north side of Pacific, between Montgomery and Kearny (where this photo was taken) by 1856, and to 1804 Stockton in 1865, but became extinct in 1866 at the advent of the paid fire department. At right, Washington House, 160 and 162 Pacific. [F810 FD-004] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) [Organized Nov. 4, 1851 (sic) Cresent (sic) Engine Co. J.P. Casey Forman FD-4]
North Beach
Columbian Fire Company
Facade of fire house. [North side of Bush St. bet Kearny & Dupont 1854 FD-5] [F810 FD-005] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Chinatown
Empire Fire Company
Elevated view southwest to the Empire No. 1 fire house. In 1861 the fire company was renamed Broderick, for Sen. David Broderick, who had been the first foreman of the company. Old St Mary's Church rises in the background. [Empire - No. 1, Year 1854 South side of Sacramento St. between Kearny & Dupont FD-6] [F810 FD-006] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Chinatown
Pacific Fire Company
Pacific Co. No. 8, 1854, Front St. between Jackson & Pacific St. Organized (sic) Sept. 19, 1853 FD-7] [F810 FD-007] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Northern Waterfront
Montgomery near Pacific
Sansome Hook & Ladder Company, Elevated view of ornate stone facade of fire house with carved hook and ladder in upper window frame and reclining lion sculptures around main door. Organized in 1850, disbanded in 1860.[East side Montgomery St. bet Jackson - Pacific 1854 FD-8] [F810 FD-008] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
North Beach
Second near Mission
Side-stroke hand-operated pumper engine parked in front of Tiger Fire Engine Company 14. Stood on the west side of 2nd Street between Mission and Jessie Street. Until 1859, this was the closest engine house to St. Ann's Valley, the area around Powell and Market Street. (PF) [FD-9] [F810 FD-009] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
South of Market
Monumental Fire Company
[The Big Six. Monumental Engine Co. No. 6, Brannan Place 1856 FD-10] First Steam Fire Engine [F810 FD-010] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) Brannan Place (now Walter U Lum Place) facing Portsmouth Square. Duplicate of wnp71.1095.
Chinatown
Broderick Fire Company
Elevated view southwest across Sacramento to Broderick Engine Co. 1, previously Empire Engine No. 1. and renamed in 1861. Sen. David Broderick had been the first foreman of the Empire Co. Old St Mary's Church, background center. [South side Sacramento St bet Kearny - Dupont 1865 FD-13] Hop,Yik & Co., merchants, 705 Sacramento. [F810 FD-013] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Chinatown
Stevenson near 1st
View west to spectators watching firemen fighting a fire on Stevenson behind 541-543 Market Street.
Financial District