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Engine Company No. 14

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The Fire Houses
 Chemical Engine Co. No.  2
 Engine Company Co. No.14
 Truck 30 moved to FS 14
 Task Force 14, RA 14, RA 814

1900
10/1/ 1902
1971
Present

 3401 S. Central Ave.
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3401 S. Central Ave. 
  (new building same location)

1900 - 1950
.
3/9/ 1950 - Present

Chemical Engine Company No. 2
 3401 South Central Avenue


Source: LAFD Illustrated 1900

Chemical Engine Company No. 2
 3401 South Central Avenue
Corner Central Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street
1900

Date Opened (Chemical Co. 2) 1900
Cost of Land $   500.
Cost of Building $5,515.


Engine Company No. 14
 3401 South Central Avenue
 In Service October 1, 1902

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Source: Turk & Haelsig Photo
1908

fs14_c1911_lafdphotoalbum_crew_2.gif (38962 bytes)
Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
Courtesy Marge Dion, Daughter of Pinky Morse

fs14_1915c_turnout2.gif (21167 bytes)
Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
Courtesy Marge Dion, Daughter of Pinky Morse
 Bunking Out

Bee Culture Deemed Unsuited to Firemen
By DeVere Arnold

DESPITE WARNING CRY OF GUARD MOTORMAN CUTS LINE OF FIRE HOSE
 The Los Angeles Herald, January 8, 1906
DIES FOR HIS OWNER
Dog Rouses Family Asleep in Burning House Only to Perish in Flames
The Los Angeles Evening News, March 31, 1906

CAR WITHOUT WARNING SMASHES FIRE WAGON
The Los Angeles Examiner, June 29,1906

FIREMAN ROSENHEIM TO GO ON THE CARPET
The Los Angeles Express, August 24, 1906

THE HUT
The Grapevine, December, 2000

 

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 Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection

fs14_c1911_lafdphotoalbum_hitchup_2.gif (33238 bytes)
 Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection

 Hitching Up

fs14_1911_lafdphotoalbum_hosewgn14_2.gif (35890 bytes)
Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
Courtesy Mrs. Bert Blake & Son

Wagon 14
1911

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