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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
1913 Fire Station - Now Abandoned
Fire Station Number 2, for many years was an essential part of the old town part of Portland but today stands abandoned surrounded by roads and railroad tracks.
I am not sure when the fire station was last used but it is clear by looking at the old doors that the fire trucks once used that they are in no way equipped to handle today's multi purpose fire trucks.
Hopefully this building would be put to use as it has great architectural details but it will cost money to fix up since it would have to be seismically upgraded to handle the eventuality of a Cascadia Subduction Zone 9.0+ earthquake.
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this is one of my favorite buildings in my neighborhood in Oldtown…i have many photos and enjoy just looking at it from my porch…this week a crew was removing an old oil tank about 10 feet underground. i really like your blogg...
Yes it is a great building, I hope it gets restored some day although the cost to bring it up to earthquake standards may make it too expensive to restore. Thank you for your comments.
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