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Metropolitan Fire Station No.1, Castlereagh Street, Sydney NSW

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

  • beachcomber australia said:
    MDCCCLXXXVIII = 1888 (on top) - I think that's the longest possible Roman numeral date - or not?

    The building looks very new here - not much sign of pigeon droppings and weathering. Certainly before the identical style extension in 1907.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    History of the building here - www.fire.nsw.gov.au/page.php?id=177 , including

    "The design, by the Colonial Architect’s Department, was considered innovative for its time, and included features drawn from the experiences of the London Metropolitan Fire Brigade. As a result station remains a rare example of Victorian free classical architecture. The original building was erected with a large courtyard to the rear, creating two multi-storey wings, each of which was fitted with external metal balconies.

    A small stables building was located in the rear courtyard, behind the three main engine bays which had direct access to the street. The harness and the sway bars for the horses were suspended over each horse by means of weights running into tubes, which tripped themselves when the collar was snapped to, and the horses went into the engine bay.

    From dusk till dawn, junior firefighters spent three hours on a twenty metre high tower (called the pigeon box) undertaking fire spotting duty. [see top right of this photo]

    A watchroom was located on the northern side of the ground floor and telephone exchange board, fire alarms and electrical apparatus were operated from there. The electrical contact in the room, when pulled, rang the bells throughout the entire building, turned up the gas lamps in the engine bay, released the stable doors (which immediately flew open by means of springs), and released a weight situated in the single men’s quarters on the first floor which opened two flaps to enable firefighters to slide down a pole. The original switchboard has been restored and is on display in a replica of the watchroom at the Museum of Fire, Penrith. ... "
  • GrenadierGuardsDmr said:
    When trams were introduced to Castlereagh Street in 1906-ish, they rattled the switchboard and triggered the alarm contacts on the board. The Watch Room was later moved to the rear of the ground floor.
    This picture has been referred to as the Opening Ceremony however there are no officials and no senior officers, identified by a single row of front tunic buttons rather than double-breasted tunics. It is more likely when men and equipment first moved in.
    There is a young girl seated in the window above the fire engine on the right. This was the Superintendent's bedroom and the flower pots on the window to her right mark the windows of the Superintendent's living room.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Ooops! I got the date wrong - it's only "MDCCCLXXXVII." See
    [https://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02]'s excellent recent photo -
    [https://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02/20569371223/]
  • GrenadierGuardsDmr said:
    beachcomber australia No!!! They got the date wrong. It wasn't opened or operational until March 1888. There were delays with electrics and fittings.

British kite balloon (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 3 older comments, and then…
  • Art Siegel said:
    From the Imperial War Museum site:


    "THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

    Made by: McLellan, David (Second Lieutenant) (Photographer)

    1918-05-02

    RAF Caquot kite balloon about to ascend, the basket is just leaving the ground. Air mechanics are holding the ropes and the motor winch can be seen beyond. Photograph taken in Gosnay, 2 May 1918."
    THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
    THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918© IWM (Q 12029)
  • Art Siegel said:
    earlier shot from same event:
    THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
    THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918© IWM (Q 12031)
  • Art Siegel said:
    More shots of balloon operations at Gosnay, France on May 2, 1918 by Lt. David McLellan:
    www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=mclellan%2C+gosna...
  • Jayne Cravens said:
    It looks like some sort of bizarre celebration of an internal organ... or a not so internal one.
  • Michael Patnode said:
    Wow thats a cool image.

Tram, corner of Oxford and Flinders streets, Darlinghurst, Sydney, c. 1900

from State Library of New South Wales