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Project Firebox 95

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An ongoing catalog of New York’s endangered Fireboxes.

– photo by Mitch Waxman

I remember when this model of Firebox was wheeled out, back during one of the Koch administrations. It was designed to alert the coppers as well as the smoke eaters to trouble. Seem to recall that it never worked quite as well as intended, and the fact that the “intercom” concept never became standardized seems to confirm that. Nevertheless, shine on #7336, you’re doing the lords work.

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Written by Mitch Waxman

November 2, 2013 at 12:10 pm