Historic Wichita Engine House No. 6 Photos
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Fire Horses on Lawrence.jpg (103442 bytes)
This 1910 photograph pictures fire horses, Tom and Dick being excercised in the 1200 block of South Lawrence, just one block north of Engine House No. 6, the present site of the Kansas Firefighters Museum. This horse drawn hose and ladder wagon is on display at the museum.
No_6crew.jpg (511405 bytes) Station crew in front of Engine House No. 6 @ 1910.

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 Horse drawn wagon and station crew in front of Engine House No. 6 @ 1910.

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 Engine House No. 6 in 1911.

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 Inside Engine House No. 6 @ 1910 showing horses and Armstrong harnesses.

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 The fire engine which replaced the horses in 1918.

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 Engine House No. 6 in the 1940s.