Old Engine Company No. 12, Historic Fire Engine

ID: 2981 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Date: Between 1897 and 1910

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Photo shows horse-drawn fire engine of Engine Company no. 12, outside firehouse at 1626 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

This file appears in: Old Engine Company No. 12: Old Engine Company No. 12 remains a distinguishable landmark along North Capitol Street in Bloomingdale.

Old Engine Company No. 12: Old Engine Company No. 12 remains a distinguishable landmark along North Capitol Street in Bloomingdale.

By The DC Historic Sites team

When Old Engine Company No. 12 was under construction in 1896, both sides of North Capitol Street were in rapid development. By then, Washington, DC, had outgrown its original boundaries and…