Wandsworth Fire Station seen from West Hill with the large horse chestnut tree at the junction of Lebanon Gardens (now Lebanon Road) in the centre of the image

Date:: 1890 - 1900

Location:: Wandsworth Fire Brigade Station, West Hill, East Putney, Wandsworth, Greater London Authority, SW18

Reference:: OFH01/01/02/038

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

The station was built by London County Council (LCC) in 1891. It was destroyed in a bombing raid in November 1940. In 1958 a new station opened on the same site, which still serves the borough to this day (2022).

Content

This is part of the Sub Series: OFH01/01/02 Negatives collected by William Field; within the Series: OFH01/01 Negatives originating from William Field; within the Collection: OFH01 Douglas Harrod, E P Olney and William Field Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Collector: Field, William O

Keywords

Victorian Fire Station