Southport’s First Fire Alarm
N 33° 55.176 W 078° 01.116
17S E 775632 N 3757245
Marker is in Southport, North Carolina, in Brunswick County. Marker is on East Nash Street west of Howe Street (North Carolina Route 211), on the right when traveling west.
Waymark Code: WM7X6Z
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 12/16/2009
Views: 6
January 1916. Founded in 1893, the Southport Volunteer Fire Department was officially organized with the election of officers and adoption of a constitution and by laws on 21 January, 1916. Authorized purchase of the city’s first fire alarm bell was made at this organizational meeting.
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