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The Wheeling Fire Department
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Locations
1906
▶ Niagara Engine House No. 3: 23-25 24th St. ▶ Hope Company House No. 5: ?? ▶ Hook and Ladder House No. 6: 27 21st St. ▶ Atlantic Engine House No. 8: 17th and Eoff Streets ▶ Fort Henry Engine House No. 9: 1223 McCulloch St.
1925
▶ No. 1 Ladder Company, No. 2 Engine Company (North Wheeling): 650 Main St. ▶ Engine company No. 3 (Center Wheeling): 23-25 24th St. ▶ Engine company No. 4 (South Wheeling): 3618 Jacob St. ▶ Engine company No. 5 (Island): 128 Zane Ave. ▶ Hose and Ladder Company No. 6: 27 21st St. ▶ Engine Company No. 7, Department Headquarters: 41 11th St. ▶ Engine Company No. 8 (East Wheeling): 1614 Eoff St. ▶ Hose Company No. 9 (East Wheeling): 1223-25 McColloch St. ▶ Hose Company No. 10 (South Wheeling): 4312 Jacob St. ▶ Engine Company No. 11 (Warwood): 1609-11 Warwood Ave. ▶ Engine Company No. 12 (Woodsdale): 870 National Rd. ▶ Engine Company No. 13 (Woodsdale): 296 Poplar Ave. ▶ Engine Company No. 14 (Elm Grove): 2220 National Rd.
1944
▶ Companies No. 1 & 2: Seventh & Main Streets ▶ Company No. 3: 23-25 24th St. ▶ Company No. 4: 3618 Jacob St. ▶ Company No. 5 (Island): 128 Zane St. ▶ Fire Headquarters Companies, No. 6-6S and 8: 1614 Eoff Street ▶ Company No. 9 (Old No. 11): 1609-11 Warwood Ave. ▶ Company No. 10 (Edgwood): 298 Poplar Ave. ▶ Company No. 11 (Elm Grove): 2220 National Road
Images
Additional Resources
Materials in the Library's Wheeling Room: (non-circulating, ask for access at the reference desk.)
▶ Wheeling Guards Fire Company: minutes of meetings, January 1862 - July 1867 / [transcribed by Virginia H. Harpold.] ▶ Annual report of the chief of Fire Department of the City of Wheeling, W. Va. for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914 / Edward T. Rose, Chief ▶ 1944 Year Book, Wheeling West Virginia / sponsored by Local 12, International Association of Fire Fighters; prepared and edited by Edward H. Bubert. ▶ Wheeling Fire Fighters, 1998.
Materials in the Library Archives: (non-circulating - access by appointment only, call 304-232-0244.)
▶ A History of Fire Fighting in Wheeling / by Robert L. Plummer and William C. Handlan, 1925, Specials Collections, OCPL Archives, non-circulating, viewing by appointment only, call 304-232-0244.
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