Ladder Companies

LADDER 1

ORIGINATED, W. LARNED & WAYNE WITH ENGINE 1 MAY 1864
NEW QUARTERS, W.LARNED & WAYNE WITH ENGINE 1 ,SEPTEMBER 1889
NEW QUARTERS, W.LARNED & WAYNE WITH ENGINE 1 AUGUST 1929
DISBANDED OCTOBER 1958
REORGANIZED, W.LARNED & WASHINGTON BLVD. (WAYNE) WITH ENGINE 1 JANUARY 1964
RELOCATED, LADDER 1 CHANGED QUARTERS BETWEEN HEADQUARTERS AND E. LAFAYETTE & ST. ANTOINE
SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN 1965 AND 1991 ,
RELOCATED E. LAFAYETTE & ST. ANTOINE WITH ENGINE 9 MAY 1991
RELOCATED E. LAFAYETTE & MT. ELLIOT WITH ENGINE 9 FEBRUARY 1999
RELOCATED MT. ELLIOT & SYLVESTER WITH ENGINE 18 OCTOBER 1999
RELOCATED RUSSELL & WILKINS JUNE 2000

NOTE: WAYNE ST. WAS CHANGED TO WASHINGTON BLVD. ON MAY 21 1959

SNORKEL LADDER 1

ORIGINATED E. LAFAYETTE & ST. ANTOINE WITH ENGINE 9, APRIL 1965
PLACED ON STAND-BY SERVICE OCTOBER 1979
DISBANDED JUNE 1981

LADDER 2

ORIGINATED E. LARNED & BEAUBIEN (OLD SCOTT ARMORY) AUGUST 1871
NEW QUARTERS HASTINGS & E. CONGRESS WITH ENGINE 2 DECEMBER 1875
RELOCATED E. LARNED & HASTINGS WITH WATER TOWER 1 DECEMBER 1893
FRONT 75 FT
DEPTH 125.65 FT
COST OF SITE, $3,500.00 ,PURCHASED FROM DETROIT COLLEGE, DECEMBER 31, 1892
COST OF BUILDING $17,575.00
ARCHITECT, WM. S. JOY
CONTRACTOR, HENRY CAREW CO.

NOTE, BUILDING WAS USED BY WATER TOWER 1 AND CENTRAL OFFICE FIRE ALARM
TELEGRAPH UNTIL TAKEN OVER BY LADDER 2

BUILDING WAS RAZED IN 1942
USABLE FLOOR SPACE 15,000 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $7,770.00
BUILDING $50,430.00
DISBANDED NOVEMBER 1951

LADDER 3

ORIGINATED MONTCALM EAST OF PARK FEBRUARY 1881
NEW QUARTERS MONTCALM WEST OF PARK WITH ENGINE 3 SEPTEMBER 1926
DISBANDED MAY 1992

LADDER 4

ORIGINATED MICHIGAN & 20 TH. SEPTEMBER 1884
COST OF SITE $3,500.00
COST OF BUILDING $10,304.00
CONTRACTOR, TOPPING & FISHER
PROPERTY TURNED OVER TO DPW, ACCOUNT OF ERECTING M.C.R.R. VIADUCT
NEW QUARTERS VINEWOOD & WEST GRAND BLVD. FEBRUARY 1910
DISBANDED APRIL 1976
REORGANIZED VINEWOOD & WEST GRAND BLVD. WITH ENGINE 10 JANUARY 1978

LADDER 5 ( + REPAIR SHOP & SUPPLY DEPARTMENT)

LADDER 5 ORIGINATED RUSSELL & CALHOUN (ERSKINE) JANUARY 1889)
REPAIR SHOP ORIGINATED FEBRUARY 1918
FRONT 265 FT
DEPTH 306.90 FT
LEASED FROM THE CITY OF DETROIT FOR $1.00
COST OF BUILDING ORIGINAL SUPPLY BARNS & ADDITION NOT KNOWN
REMODELING SUPPLY BARNS 1923, $16,695.47

LADDER COMPANY 5 BUILDING ERECTED 1888, $14,946.49
REMODELING LADDER 5 1924, $13,664.21
STEEL TRAINING TOWER 1912 , $1,200.00
1ST UNIT REPAIR SHOP 1915, $9,130.00
MAIN BUILDING REPAIR SHOP 1917, $93,484.00
GARAGE ADDITION 1923, $9,074.21
BLACKSMITH SHOP, 1924, $7,066.29
REPAIR SHOP SOUTH ADDITION 1934, $60,000.00

ARCHITECTS , SUPPLY BARNS, NOT KNOWN
ADDITION TO BARNS, JOHN SCOTT CO.
REMODELING TO BARNS F.J. McINNIS
LADDER 5, MALCOLMSON & HIGGINBOTHEM
REMODELING LADDER 5, F.J. McINNIS
REPAIR SHOP 1 & 2 R.E. RASEMAN
REPAIR SHOP 3RD & 4TH UNIT F.J. McINNIS
REPAIR SHOP 5TH UNIT HANS GABRKE
CONTRACTORS, ORIGINAL SUPPLY BARNES & ADDITION NOT KNOWN
REMODELING SUPPLY BARNS, DEPARTMENT
LADDER 5, H. GARVEN
REMODELING LADDER 5 , DEPARTMENT
TRAINING TOWER, RUSSELL WHEEL & FOUNDRY
REPAIR SHOP 1ST UNIT, E.D. FINN
REPAIR SHOP 2ND UNIT, E.F. LANG
REPAIR SHOP 3RD, 4TH, 5TH UNITS DEPARTMENT
NEW QUARTERS RUSSELL & WILKINS WITH ENGINE 6 JANUARY 1956
LADDER 5 DISBANDED MARCH 1976

LADDER 6

ORIGINATED ELMWOOD & FORT WITH ENGINE 7 FEBRUARY 1889
NEW QUARTERS EAST LAFAYETTE & MT. ELLIOTT WITH ENGINE 7 SEPTEMBER 1970
RELOCATED MT. ELLIOTT & SYLVESTER WITH ENGINE 18 FEBRUARY 1999
RELOCATED EAST LAFAYETTE & MT. ELLIOTT WITH ENGINE 9 OCTOBER 1999

LADDER 7

ORIGINATED CASS & AMSTERDAM WITH ENGINE 17, JUNE 1893
NEW QUARTERS SECOND & BURROUGHS WITH ENGINE 17, NOVEMBER 1922

LADDER 8

ORIGINATED VINEWOOD & VERNOR JUNE 1893
FRONT 62.05 FT
DEPTH 130 FT
COST OF SITE $3,125.00
COST OF BUILDING $12,465.00
CONTRACTOR TOPPING & FISHER
SOLD TO LEADBETTER BROS. IN 1928 FOR $42,575.OO
REVERTED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN JUNE 1931
RELOCATED JUNCTION & ROGERS WITH ENGINE 27 MARCH 1928
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $7,030.00
BUILDING $20,670.00

LADDER 9

ORIGINATED GRAND RIVER & 16TH, WITH ENGINE 12 JANUARY 1894
NEW QUARTERS 12TH ST. & MERRICK WITH ENGINE 12, JANUARY 1931
RELOCATED WEST WARREN & LAWTON WITH ENGINE 12 JANUARY 1947
NEW QUARTERS WEST WARREN & LAWTON WITH ENGINE 12 MAY 1948
DISBANDED JUNE 1992

LADDER 10

ORIGINATED MACK & SHERIDEN MAY 1898
FRONT 60 FT
DEPTH 141.02 FT
COST OF SITE $2,300.00
COST OF BUILDING $$8,500.00
ARCHITECT W.S.JOY
CONTRACTOR
GEORGE RISWORTH
REMODELED IN 1924 AT A COST OF $12,226.12 BY THE DEPARTMENT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND $9,380.00
BUILDING $17,720.00

RELOCATED MT. ELLIOTT & SYLVESTER WITH ENGINE 18, APRIL 1936
RELOCATED RUSSELL & WILKINS WITH ENGINE 6, OCTOBER 1992
RELOCATED MT. ELLIOTT & SYLVESTER WITH ENGINE 18 JUNE 2000

LADDER 11

ORIGINATED MILWAUKEE & RIOPELLE AT ENGINE 28 JANUARY 1906
RELOCATED KENILWORTH EAST OF WOODWARD AT ENGINE 35 NOVEMBER 1982
DISBANDED JUNE 1992

LADDER 12

ORIGINATED LAFAYETTE & 10TH JANUARY 1908
FRONT 75 FT
DEPTH 125.65 FT
COST OF SITE $2,250.00
COST OF BUILDING $16,648.00
ARCHITECT, KETTING & CHITTENDEN
CONTRACTOR, MAX BARTHOLOMAIE & SONS CO
USABLE FLOOR SPACE, 6,333 SQ. FT
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND, $10,230.00
BUILDING, $18,470.00
DISBANDED, MAY 1982
NOTE, ENGINE 8 RELOCATED HERE MAY 1982

LADDER 13

ORIGINATED FORT & LEWERENZ JANUARY 1909
FRONT 75 FT
DEPTH 125.65 FT
COST OF SITE $2,280.00
COST OF BUILDING $17,930.00
ARCHITECT, KETTING & CHITTENDEN
CONTRACTOR, MAX BARTHOLOMAIE & SONS CO
1937 ASSESSED VALUATION
LAND, $10,500.00
BUILDING, $16,500.00
RELOCATED LAFAYETTE & LAWNDALE AT ENGINE 33 NOVEMBER 1932

LADDER 14

ORIGINATED JEFFERSON & PENNSYLVANIA NOVEMBER 1912
RELOCATED CRANE & BRINKET AT ENGINE 26 NOVEMBER 1939

LADDER 15

ORIGINATED WOODWARD & WESTMINISTER JANUARY 1911
RELOCATED KENILWORTH EAST OF WOODWARD AT ENGINE 35 MAY 1947
DISBANDED JUNE 1980

LADDER 16

ORIGINATED MILLER & HELEN AT ENGINE 36 DECEMBER 1919

LADDER 17

ORIGINATED LABELLE & 12 TH. ST. AT ENGINE 40 DECEMBER 1920
NEW QUARTERS DEXTER & EWALD CIRCLE WITH ENGINE 40 MARCH 1980
DISBANDED NOVEMBER 1998
REORGANIZED DEXTER & EWALD CIRCLE AT ENGINE 40 OCTOBER 1999

LADDER 18

ORIGINATED SEVEN MILE & JOHN R. WITH ENGINE 44 SEPTEMBER 1921

LADDER 19

ORIGINATED SHOEMAKER & FRENCH RD. SEPTEMBER 1921

LADDER 20

ORIGINATED ALEXANDRINE & CASS AT ENGINE 5 MAY 1921
RELOCATED WEST WARREN & LAWTON WITH ENGINE 5 AUGUST 1998
RELOCATED ALEXANDRINE & CASS WITH ENGINE 5 OCTOBER 1999

LADDER 21

ORIGINATED LIVERNOIS & CHICAGO DECEMBER 1921

LADDER 22

ORIGINATED McGRAW & MARTIN MARCH 1922

LADDER 23

ORIGINATED GRATIOT & HOUSTON-WHITTER WITH ENGINE 50 MARCH 1925

LADDER 24

ORIGINATED CURTIS & LIVERNOIS WITH ENGINE 51 JULY 1926

LADDER 25

ORIGINATED GREENFIELD & FENKELL WITH ENGINE 53 SEPTEMBER 1926

LADDER 26

ORIGINATED ROCKDALE & ARGUS (OLD REDFORD HALL) AT ENGINE 54 JULY 1926
NEW QUARTERS TRINITY & GRAND RIVER WITH ENGINE 54 JUNE 1938

LADDER 27

ORIGINATED JOY RD. & ASHTON AT ENGINE 55 JANUARY 1928

LADDER 28

ORIGINATED LINWOOD & CALVERT AT ENGINE 21 JULY 1927

LADDER 29

ORIGINATED COPLIN NORTH OF JEFFERSON AT ENGINE 38 DECEMBER 1927

LADDER 30

ORIGINATED MT. ELLLIOTT & DAVIDSON AT ENGINE 47 SEPTEMBER 1928

LADDER 31

ORIGINATED MANISTIQUE & WARREN AT ENGINE 52 AUGUST 1942

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