- City:
- Fitchburg, MA
- Site Type:
- Firehouses, Civic Facilities, Military and Public Safety
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) laborers constructed a fire drill practicing tower in Fitchburg, Mass.
The drill tower was located at 28 Oliver St in Fitchburg. It was built behind an already existing fire station. The drill tower along with the fire state were demolished in early 2017.
Source notes
Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Dec. 2, 1936, pg. 2-3
(https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit), accessed August 2019.
Telegram, 2017 (https://www.telegram.com/news/20170225/old-fitchburg-fire-station-comes-down---oats-and-all), accessed August 2019.
Sentinel and Enterprise, 2019 (https://photos.sentinelandenterprise.com/2017/02/28/for-fitchburg-firefighters-that-old-central-station-is-all-about-memories/#1), accessed August 2019.
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 23, 2017.
Additional contributions by John Waters, August 2019.
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