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Firehouse, Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9

Fire station in Manhattan, New York

Field	Value
name	Firehouse, Engine Company 33
nrhp_type	nrhp
image	44-great-jones.jpg
location	42 Great Jones, Manhattan, New York City, New York
locmapin	USA New York City#New York#USA
coordinates
built	1898-1899
architect	Ernest Flagg and Walter B. Chambers
architecture	Beaux-Arts
added	March 16, 1972
refnum	72000871
designated_other1	New York State Register of Historic Places
designated_other1_abbr	NYSRHP
designated_other1_date	June 23, 1980
designated_other1_number	06101.000579
designated_other1_num_position	bottom
designated_other2_name	New York City Landmark
designated_other2_date	November 12, 1968
designated_other2_abbr	NYCL
designated_other2_link	New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
designated_other2_number	0468
designated_other2_color	#ffe978

Firehouse, Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9 is a New York City Fire Department firehouse at 42 Great Jones Street in NoHo, Manhattan. It is the home of Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9. The building is a Beaux Arts structure built in 1899 by Ernest Flagg and Walter B. Chambers.

History

url-status=dead }}</ref> Ladder Company 9 was organized in 1865; its first house was on Elizabeth Street. It moved to 42 Great Jones Street in 1948.<ref name="FDNY History" /> The Great Jones Street location was also the home of the Chief of Department for a time.

Ten of the fourteen firefighters from this house who responded to the World Trade Center were killed in the September 11 attacks.

Equipment

The first engine kept at 42 Great Jones was powered by steam and built by Clapp & Jones Manufacturing Company, Hudson, New York. It was able to throw water 215 feet.

References

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Stephen S. Lash. (September 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Firehouse, Engine Company 33". National Archives and Records Administration.
"FDNY History".
[https://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2006/12/engine-company-33.html NY Daily Photo]
[http://nyfd.com/steamers/84.html Steamer Test]

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