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Hose Company No. 1


The Companies

The Fire House

  East L.A. Hose Company No. 2  
  Chemical Engine Co. No. 3  
  (East L. A. Hose Co. No. 2 closed and
   firemen transferred to Chemical Co. 3)

  Hose Company No. 1
  (Chemical Engine 3 closed)
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  Engine Company No. 70 
  (Hose Co. 1 closed)
  Engine No. 70 moved to new quarters

? 1892
1895
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1900
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1929 - 1935
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2/1935

  113 South Griffin Avenue
        (Griffin & Downey)
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  Fire House closed

1895 
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2/1935


Hose Company No. 1
Griffin Avenue near Downey Avenue
East Los Angeles

1900 -




Source: LAFD Illustrated 1900
 

Hose Company No. 1
1900

This Fire House was opened October 20, 1892 and may have housed the volunteer company East L.A. Hose Company No. 2.  When Hose 2 closed in 1895 the firemen were transferred to the newly formed Chemical Engine Company No. 3.  In 1900 Chemical 3 closed and Hose Company No. 1 went into service.  In 1929 Hose 1 closed and Engine Company No. 70 went into service.  This Fire House was closed in February 1935.

Building Opened

October 20, 1892

Land Cost $   800.
Building Cost $1,800.
 


Source: LAFD Illustrated 1900
1900


Source: Photo by Turk & Haelsig
1908


Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection

Hose Company No. 1
Circa 1900
 

Lieutenant Levia  (seated left side)
Driver William (Bill) H. Banning
Fireman Gus Alvarez




Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
Courtesy Captain Robert Foster, LAFD Retired
 

Hose Company No. 1
Circa 1912
 

Hose Company No. 1 was motorized in late 1911 with this 1911 Seagrave Auto Combination Chemical and Hose, Shop Number 63

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