FIRST - Visalia Fire Department - Visalia, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member linkys
N 36° 19.726 W 119° 17.457
11S E 294366 N 4022851
Bronze plaque and marble on a side wall of the Visalia Convention Center mark the site of the first Visalia fire department.
Waymark Code: WMGYKE
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/24/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Zork V
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Bronze plaque and marble marker on a side wall of the convention center

Bronze plaque reads:

Original Marble Marker
Reinstalled on the
site of the first
Visalia Fire Department
by Visalia Heritage, Inc.

Above marble marker is directly above the plaque and reads:

Eureka Engine Co. No. 1.
organized
July 4, 1869.

 


FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location

Date of FIRST: 07/04/1869

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