FIREFIGHTERS
MUSEUM
CALGARY,
ALBERTA
In the Province of Alberta, Canada.
 SOUTHBOUND ON 52ND ST. S. E. |  WESTBOUND ON GLENMORE DRIVE |
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 WESTBOUND ON GLENMORE DRIVE |  BOW RIVER - LOOKING SOUTH - FROM GLENMORE TRAIL |
 BOW RIVER - LOOKING NORTH - FROM GLENMORE TRAIL |  FINISHING TOUCHES TO AN ON RAMP ON GLENMORE TRAIL NICE LOOKING FISH BUT DO TAXPAYERS REALLY WANT THE EXTRA COST OF DECORATING A FREEWAY? |
While waiting to get a load of mattresses, one day, I noticed, a few doors down the street, a museum of fire trucks.
It was too late in the day to go but I kept it in my mind.
Finally, in late January of 2010 I had a day off in Calgary and I asked my nephew to drive me over to the museum.
It has taken me a while to put this page together because I took so many photos, and being on the road doesn't give me much time for editing.
The hardest part of the job is deciding which pictures not to publish on my web page.
I would like to publish them all but there just isn't room.
The museum, at the time I took these pictures, was nearing the end of its term in this building as plans were well underway to move it to a larger edifice.
 HOME TO OVER 3,600 CATALOGUED ARTIFACTS |  SOME OF THE MORE THAN 250 RESTORED PHOTOGRAPHS DATING BACK TO THE LATE 1800S. |
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 JOHN, A FORMER FIREFIGHTER, WHO VOLUNTEERS HIS TIME AT THE MUSEUM, EXPLAINS THE INNER WORKINGS OF THIS DIAMOND T |  |
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 A HAND DRAWN HOSE WAGON |  AN EARLY `911' RECEPTION CENTRE |
 1908 HORSE DRAWN WATEROUS |  NOTE THE UNIQUE TONGUE, USED TO MOVE THE UNIT, BY HAND, WHEN NO HORSES ARE AVAILABLE |
This unit was pulled by horses in 2010 to carry, `Belf Quon', (A former firefighter) an Olympic torch bearer, through the streets of High River, Alta. on Jan. 18. (High River was one of the first prairie towns to own a Waterous)
On the left, in the above picture, is Maggie. Maggie is a 1929 Magirus Aerial. Weighing 8 Tons she caries an 85 Ft. ladder. Maggie was made in Germany and is the only one left in Canada.
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 THE COLLECTION CONTAINS 35 PIECES WITH WHEELS - FROM THIS 50# CO2 EXTINGUISHER TO A `73 SUPER PUMP |  THE SMALLEST PUMP IN THE COLLECTION IT IS MADE BY JOHNSON |
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 ITS LAST WINTER OUT IN THE COLD NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE INSIDE |  THOUGH PART OF THE COLLECTION, YOU MAY NOT SEE THIS UNIT WHEN YOU VISIT AS IT MAY BE OUT ON A CALL. A COUPLE OF THE EXHIBITS ARE STILL ON THE ACTIVE ROLL CALL |
 DOWNTOWN - 4th Ave. S. E. |  CALGARY TOWER- 101 9th Ave. |
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 SARCEE TRAIL |  WEST SIDE OF SARCEE TRAIL |
 WEST CALGARY FROM SARCEE TRAIL |  WEST CALGARY FROM SARCEE TRAIL |
 WEST CALGARY FROM SARCEE TRAIL |  WEST CALGARY FROM SARCEE TRAIL |
 WEST CALGARY FROM SARCEE TRAIL |  VIEW FROM 16 TH AVE. N. W. (TCH) AN IN TOWN SKI HILL (A COPY OF THE ONE THAT EDMONTON HAS HAD FOR MANY YEARS |
 |  WATERSLIDES BESIDE THE SKI HILL |
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 16 TH AVE. NORTH WEST - TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY |  |
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