Lowell Firefighting (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738545028)

The Lowell Fire Department was established by the state legislature on February 6, 1830. As Lowell began its climb as a center of industrial power, fire protection evolved from the days of the United Fire Society's bucket brigades to organized volunteer fire companies and a full-time paid department. Lowell Firefighting features images, memorabilia, and photographs covering more than 175 years of this mill city fire department's history. Photographs depict the work of Lowell's firefighters through a prolific period of serious fires and urban decay. Today the Lowell Fire Department protects a city rich with tradition that is reinventing itself, responding to all manner of fire and rescue emergencies.

Author: Jason T. Strunk
ISBN-10: 0738545023
ISBN-13: 9780738545028
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 10/16/2006
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.40w x 0.35d