Thursday, 26 July 2012

Mascot, fire station

This fire engine is seen here departing from Mascot fire station, along Coward Street in the eastern suburb of Mascot. The fire station was designed by Spain, Cosh & Minnet in the Federation Free style and built in 1912. It was closed in 1945 but reopened in 1980 after the restructuring of the Sydney Fire District.
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13 comments:

  1. PerthDailyPhotoThursday, 26 July 2012 at 02:06:00 GMT+10

    I'm glad they restored and reopened it Jim..it's great to see a building still being used all these years later for what it was actually designed for.

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  2. AnonymousThursday, 26 July 2012 at 06:55:00 GMT+10

    Such wonderful picture ! Hope it will remain as peaceful as it looks right now.
    Please have a good Thursday.

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  3. PatThursday, 26 July 2012 at 09:04:00 GMT+10

    I'm glad they saved the building and reopened it. It's got great structure!

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  4. Sallie (FullTime-Life)Thursday, 26 July 2012 at 09:49:00 GMT+10

    I hate to see lovely old buildings vacated so I'm really happy it was restored for its original purpose.

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  5. RedPatThursday, 26 July 2012 at 10:09:00 GMT+10

    That's a fine old building!

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  6. LindyThursday, 26 July 2012 at 10:35:00 GMT+10

    What an attractive fire house; beautiful restoration!

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  7. Luna MirandaThursday, 26 July 2012 at 14:56:00 GMT+10

    this is a handsome brick building.

    Signs

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  8. JoeThursday, 26 July 2012 at 17:47:00 GMT+10

    Good to see it still being used as a fire station. Many similar buildings over here have gone the way of the dodo.

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  9. AndyThursday, 26 July 2012 at 19:43:00 GMT+10

    Every neighbourhood needs one of these signs.

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  10. Gemma WisemanThursday, 26 July 2012 at 19:58:00 GMT+10

    A grand old building that has no extra modern frills to distort the ambience!

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  11. DianneFriday, 27 July 2012 at 01:21:00 GMT+10

    great building, glad it was reopened

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  12. genieFriday, 27 July 2012 at 06:10:00 GMT+10

    This is quite a handsome fire station. Wish the truck had been out so I could have seen it. I LOVE fire trucks even at 73. Guess it is the little girl in me. genie

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  13. LesleyFriday, 27 July 2012 at 09:35:00 GMT+10

    Older fire stations are really such gems!

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