A century ago in the summer of 1924, Berkeley had completed a fire watchtower on Grizzly Peak, and it was announced on Aug. 1 that year that the tower had a telephone courtesy of Pacific Telephone and ...
The restoration of the Harlem Fire Watchtower in North Manhattan, which took two years to complete, required new cross bracing. Images: Courtesy of Thornton Tomasetti In the 1800s, firefighters in New ...
The 47-foot-tall, cast-iron structure in Marcus Garvey Park was the last of its kind in the city. At their peak in the early 1870s, 11 watchtowers served New York City. Men used them to scan the ...
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