Cleveland Fire Brigade exercising with the Fire Boat Endeavour at the Deep Water Berth, Victoria Dock, Hartlepool.
Donor : Mr. John Brooker
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Images of Fire Stations, Fire-fighting vehicles and Fire-fighters in the Hartlepool area.
Barnard St (Clarke St now) Fire Station opened in 1890 and was replaced by the current station in Stockton St in 1959.
More detail »Victoria Dock at Hartlepool was opened in December 1840. The brig Thomas Rowell was the first ship to enter and load in the new dock. The amount of tonnage shipped in this year was almost double that handled in Hartlepool the previous year. By 1851 the dock had sixteen coal drops and three steam operated ballast cranes.
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