Firefighters are demonstrating Roanoke City's first Hook and Ladder Truck (pulled by horses). This photo was taken in 1894 in front of the Bridgewater Carriage Factory Building located at the corner of Church Ave. and Henry St. (1st St.). Part of the second floor of this building was rented as a High School Annex 1893-1894. The photo comes from the Roanoke Firefighthers Association Captain Maurice Wiseman Collection. It is unclear if the Carraige company had anything to do with the fabrication of the horse drawn Hook and Ladder truck shown. I can only hope to find some more information on this. Of course there is a lot of Captain Wiseman's Collection that I have not even looked at yet.
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