
Combs Firemen's Memorial -Worcester, MA
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Combs Firemen's Memorial is located in section 34 of Hope Cemetery, 119 Webster Street, Worcester, MA.
Waymark Code: WM10ZBE
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/16/2019
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A 9' high granite figure of Chief Engineer Simon E. Combs stands on a 5.5' high square granite base. He is wearing a fireman's hat and a double-breasted coat and holds a signal trumpet in the crook of his left arm. Next to him is a fire hydrant. The monument was sculpted by Arthur B. Hewett and dedicated on September 15, 1896.
The front of base is inscribed:
ERECTED BY THE
WORCESTER FIRE DEPARTMENT
IN MEMORY OF
THEIR DEPARTED COMRADES
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DEDICATED SEPT. 15, 1896