Spokane Fire Station No. 5 Apparatus
This file appears in: Spokane Fire Station No. 5: Firefighters Give Status to Schoolchildren
No. 5's early motorized ladder truck-chain drive. Circa 1925. Crew from right to left: Captain W.W. Eichel, J.D. Schewmaker, Calude D. Gilbert, W.R. Haney, R.E. Dickerman, Roy Finch, Henry C. Kuehl, M.H. Wheeler, Oscar Wham, G.L. Shadbolt, G.D. Millard. Photo Courtesy of Spokane Fire Department, Spokane, WA.
This file appears in: Spokane Fire Station No. 5: Firefighters Give Status to Schoolchildren
Spokane Fire Station No. 5: Firefighters Give Status to Schoolchildren
Built in 1893, Station No. 5 was originally located in the City Hall Annex, on the northeast corner of Howard and Front. Sometime between 1911-1912, it was relocated to the new City Hall at the southwest corner of Wall and Trent.
Because of its…