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'''2002''' - In September Main Street Fire Station was razed and a new public safety center was constructed; bot the fire and police are housed in the facility. | '''2002''' - In September Main Street Fire Station was razed and a new public safety center was constructed; bot the fire and police are housed in the facility. | ||
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Revision as of 11:39, 9 September 2006
1829 - Engine House built for the Friendly Fire Service, a private company.
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1833 - Town Meeting Voted $365 to build an engine house on Essex Street
1862 - The Friendly Fire Society was renamed the Shawsheen Steam Fire Engine Company.
1895 - The Ballardvale Station was relocated to the corner of Andover Street and Clark Road.
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- Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996 by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 194.
1924 - Town Fire Department was established with Charles Emerson appointed as the first Fire Chief. By then "horses had become a thing of the past."
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- "1924," Andover, What It Was, What It Is: 300th Anniversary, May 30 - June 2, 1946, (974.45 And)
1966 - A new fire station was built in West Andover on Chandler Road.
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- Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996 by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 194.
2002 - In September Main Street Fire Station was razed and a new public safety center was constructed; bot the fire and police are housed in the facility.
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- Eagle Tribune, September 17, 2002
2006 - There are three fire stations in Andover:
- Central Headquarters at 32 Main Street
- West Fire Substation at 200 Greenwood Road
- Ballardvale Fire Substation at 1 Clark Road
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--Eleanor 15:34, August 23, 2006 (EDT)
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