Fire Alarm Bell - Waukegan, IL
Posted by: REUAHNESIE
N 42° 21.550 W 087° 50.190
16T E 431113 N 4689994
This is the bell used by the city of Waukegan, IL to alarm the city of a fire
Waymark Code: WMB69J
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 04/10/2011
Views: 4
This bell was in use until about 1908 to call the volunteer fire men to the station.
The enscription reads:
CITY OF WAUKEGAN
FIRE ALARM BELL
INSTALLED IN 1858
IN USE 50 YEARS
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