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Chief Plagued By Fire Station Location
The Present . . . Central Fire Station will have to be demolished along with other downtown property located in the Urban Renewal shopping center development. The station is now located where the parking garage will be in the new project.
New Fire Station To City Soon
Sweeping Effect . . . of 12-foot overhang eliminates "boxy" look of new fire station near Twenty-seventh Street and Broadway, and affords protection for front driveway. Brick facing is red tile, the overhang is painted white, and all the windows are…
City Eyes New Site For West Side Fire Station
Fire Station . . . at Twenty-seventh Street and Broadway will be replaced by another facility on another site. At left is toy car racing establishment, formerly eyed as fire station expansion site.
Cornerstone Taken From Fire Station
Fire Chief Norman Elgan . . . looks on as Mayor Donald Franksen and Councilman Joseph B. Katelman hammer away to free a granite cornerstone erected in 1909 at the old Central Fire Station. The cornerstone will be placed in storage until the new…
Fire Department On Move Again
Final Preparations . . . for moving into the new Central Fire Station are made by Delbert Burdick, Fire Department training officer. When the building is formally turned over to the city, Chief Norman Elgan will begin moving in the dispatcher's…
Retirement Eyed For Number 5 - S. Eighth St. Fire Station
Replacement And Relocation . . . of Fire Station No. 5, 1827 S. 8th St., is in the discussion stage, Fire Chief Norman Elgan said.
Fall Construction Seen For New Fire Station - City Officials 'Elated'
Station No. 5 . . . in its "hay" day was built for horse-drawn equipment. This rare photograph shows Dr. James McRobert, "Old Prince" being held by former Fire Chief J. Bates, Emil Jorgensen and an unidentified man. The old station will be replaced.
Old Bell Moved To New Station -- As A Memorial
From Its Cupola . . . atop Central Fire Station, the heavy bell is lowered to a waiting truck.
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Central Fire Station in Council Bluffs circa 1950
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Old and new fire trucks are on display in Council Bluffs
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
View from inside the Central Fire Station in Council Bluffs
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
City Mills and No. 3 Engine House in Council Bluffs
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Old Central Fire Station at Washington Avenue and Main Street in Council Bluffs
Photo courtesy of Guy A. Nelson
Photo courtesy of Guy A. Nelson
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Firemen battling the blaze at the Elder Court Apartments in Council Bluffs
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Council Bluffs Fire Station No. 3
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Central Fire Station in Council Bluffs circa 1950
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Gentlemen checking out one of 40 street fire alarm boxes located in Council Bluffs. The boxes were monitored through a 'repeater' located at the Central Station.
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Firemen checking out fire alarm cable at the Council Bluffs Fire Department
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 4-30-1974)
Firemen at the Council Bluffs Fire Department
Some Broadway improvements have been made
Future plans...look bright for the Wickham-Beno buildings in the 500 block of West Broadway, but for many months now, windows have simply been papered over.