Old City Fire Alarm-1

By Mike Martin; posted December 29, 2006

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Pole on 3rd Street near Winkler Ave., Louisville, Ky., with 2 glass insulators formerly used for the city fire alarm system, installed back in the days before telephones were common. The old wired alarm boxes were replaced by a wireless system in the late 1970's.

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