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Fire era cisterns and early Saline protection history
Saline’s early fire defense centered on a hand driven bucket brigade formed after 1881 fires. A fire engine and hose cart were bought. underground brick cisterns supplied water from roofs to storage tanks. The 33 member department included three doctors and later a 500 gallon cistern network fed by store roofs. The piece also recalls local social notices from 1933 and 1952 and a church dedication by Archbishop Mooney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Carven Collins
Fire Protection Company
Schmid
W. H. Davenport and Son
New York City
Davenport
Citizens Bank
Curtiss Park
Charles H. Carven
Ann Arbor St
Curtiss
Hull