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Centennial Bell At Fire Station
Sprucing up a centennial bell at the Oak Street Fire Station are B Shift members Capt. Jerry Carter, Firefighter Don Owens and Engineer Larry Olson. The bell was cast for the Bluffs Fire Department in 1876 and originally hung in the old Central Fire…
Central Station Inspected By 100
Presenting A Picture . . . of a 1913 world champion racing horse team to be used in the fire station as City Councilman Ron Cleveland looks on is DeVere Watson of Council Bluffs. The horses were named after a former mayor of Council Bluffs, Lou…
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.
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 & 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 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)
Central Fire Station in Council Bluffs circa 1950
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)
Firemen battling the blaze at the Elder Court Apartments 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)
City Mills and No. 3 Engine House 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)
Old and new fire trucks are on display in Council Bluffs
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 4-30-1974)
Firemen at the Council Bluffs Fire Department
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #2 (05-01-74 -)
The statue "The Fireman," was presented to the Fire Department back in the days of the first World War by W.M. Wollman, 606 Oakland Avenue, a retired jeweler. Wollman, a familiar figure at Central Fire Station, was well known for his carving of…
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…