Firefighting in Forsyth County

by Joshua Wright

Soon after the first buildings were completed, a fire department was established in Forsyth County in 1772. The Town of Salem purchased the first fire pump in the state in 1785 after a tavern burned down the year before. Old Salem's Market and Fire House is the oldest enginehouse in North Carolina, built in 1803. Growth in both population and industry led to the joining of Salem and Winston. When the two cities joined in 1913, they formed a united...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540250709
• ISBN13: 9781540250704
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Arcadia Pub (Sc)
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"