StL334- Firepixer Ben has a number of pictures of St. Louis Fire Stations posted at:
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On pages 5 and 6 he has a history of St. Louis FD Companies and their locations over the years. It is very interesting information on the history of St. Louis company locations. You will note as you look through this that St. Louis has a history of re-numbering its fire stations over the years. It looked like that happened in the early 40s when they went from stations numbered as high as "57" to a numbering system that ended with the number of companies still in service at that time.
Even when Paige Van Vorst and I visited in 1965, a number of the St. Louis Stations had a higher number etched in concrete above the apparatus door than the engine company stationed inside. For example, Engine 13 was in a station at 1400 Shawmut Place that was numbered in the 40s. I imagine the concept was to have no companies numbered higher than the number of companies actually still in service. That's an OK concept, but it sure leads to a lot of confusion over the years.
The same re-numbering occurred in 1974-75-76 when St. Louis got rid of Stations (and Engines) numbered above 38 and renumbered their stations (Engines) in vacated numbers below 39. Engines 40 & 41 became Engines 15 and 25 in the station on Delmar for example.
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On pages 5 and 6 he has a history of St. Louis FD Companies and their locations over the years. It is very interesting information on the history of St. Louis company locations. You will note as you look through this that St. Louis has a history of re-numbering its fire stations over the years. It looked like that happened in the early 40s when they went from stations numbered as high as "57" to a numbering system that ended with the number of companies still in service at that time.
Even when Paige Van Vorst and I visited in 1965, a number of the St. Louis Stations had a higher number etched in concrete above the apparatus door than the engine company stationed inside. For example, Engine 13 was in a station at 1400 Shawmut Place that was numbered in the 40s. I imagine the concept was to have no companies numbered higher than the number of companies actually still in service. That's an OK concept, but it sure leads to a lot of confusion over the years.
The same re-numbering occurred in 1974-75-76 when St. Louis got rid of Stations (and Engines) numbered above 38 and renumbered their stations (Engines) in vacated numbers below 39. Engines 40 & 41 became Engines 15 and 25 in the station on Delmar for example.
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