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Whimsical Cache #29 - Fire Station 4 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 2/26/2016
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is being placed for the 2016 Windsor  'Leap Year Event' .

The cache is not on Fire Station property, but you do have a great view of the Fire Station and the St Denis Athletic & Community Centre.


For many years there was no Fire Station No. 4 in Windsor.  This number gap was finally closed in July 1964 when an impressive new three bay fire hall was opened at 2600 College Ave, just east of Huron Church Road. 

The single story station was the city's first with "drive through" truck bays. 

A training complex with drill tower was later built immediately east of the hall.  Station 4 housed a pumper and the first aerial ladder truck ever on the west side of the city. Prior to the opening of Station 4, Windsor had just one rescue squad truck, which covered the entire city out of the headquarters.

Station 4 houses a 1050 gpm pumper and s Sutphen 95' aerial tower.  With its distinctive cantilever roof and three big red doors, Fire Station 4 has served Windsor's west end for nearly half a century.

 

 

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