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Fire station

Type - Fire station
Camden Fire Station
Engadine Bush Fire Station
Fairlight Fire Station
Glebe Fire Station
Lidcombe Fire Station
Marrickville Fire Station
Newtown Fire Station
Old Fire Station Glebe
Pyrmont Fire Station
Stanmore Fire Station
Willoughby Fire Station

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Fire station

Camden Fire Station

Building originally used as Camden Temperance Hall that housed the fire station from 1916 to 1993, and is now part of Camden museum and library complex.

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Engadine Bush Fire Station

Headquarters of the volunteer Engadine Rural Fire Brigade.

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Fairlight Fire Station

Fire station erected 1921 to serve the Fairlight area.

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Glebe Fire Station

Federation Arts and Crafts style building of two storeys which reflected the growth of government services in the early 20th century.

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Lidcombe Fire Station

Nineteenth century fire station in Lidcombe next to the Town Hall

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Marrickville Fire Station

Three-storey fire station built in the Federation Free Classical style on Marrickville Road. It cost 6,500 pounds to build and was one of the last fire stations designed for use by horse-drawn steam appliances. It included a motor turbine room, watch room, office, men's room, store rooms, billiard room, stables and fodder room. The separate building which was used to store petrol included Wunderlich ceilings and the buildings were fitted with 'electric light and gas'.

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Newtown Fire Station

Two storey brick building in Federation Free style which was modified in 1984 when the third storey was demolished.

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Old Fire Station Glebe

Fire station constructed for the local volunteer brigade. When vacated in 1908 it became factory and is now a community centre.

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Pyrmont Fire Station

Federation style, three-storey, red brick and sandstone fire station on Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont. It is a rare, intact example of the fire stations built in the metropolitan area during the first two decades of the operation of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Only Darlinghurst and Headquarters (on Castlereagh Street) are comparable. In 1945, it was one of the 23 stations closed during a cut back and it was used as a Board workshop. Restoration work amounting to $2.7 million commenced in September 2014.

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Stanmore Fire Station

Originally Marrickville Fire Station, the building is located on Stanmore Road in Petersham and was the first Fire Station built for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Built by Messrs Millit Brothers for 2,300 pounds, the building initially contained 17 rooms and was fitted with 'modern' appliances including electrical apparatus and telephones. Subsequent extensions to the building and its staffing made the station the second largest in New South Wales. Anniversary celebrations in 1986 marked 100 years of continual occupation of the station. It was closed in 1991 and sold to the Mastertouch Piano Roll Compnay in 2000 who remained there until 2005.

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Willoughby Fire Station

Federation style two-storey building which was used as a fire station.

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