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10/21/12 38 W, 1 I - + 5 - 2 Inside Station 6, 1949

For your Sunday morning enjoyment, here's a look inside Station 6 in the year it opened, 1949. What are some of the things that you notice? Click once or twice to enlarge:
 

North Carolina State Archives photo

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2 sections of hard suction on the engine.
Rob Mitchell - 10/21/12 - 20:41

Notice the foam powder hopper. We have one of the old accompanying powder mixers in the fire museum. ALF-Foamite brand.
Legeros - 10/21/12 - 20:46

I notice a pull chain for the automatic door closer. A lot of Raleigh’s stations still have the mechanism mounted on the bay ceiling next to the end of the door tracks but the chains have been removed.
RescueRanger - 10/21/12 - 21:28

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