Firemen - Answering the firebell 1922 Watch

Colourized photo from 1922 Original Title: Fire Layout Location: 775 12th St NW, Washington, DC Somewhere there is a fire, and the men are at the ready. Using only their sleeved arms, they grab the pole to slide down. It takes practice to slide down. You can't let your skin touch the pole or you may stick to the pole. And care must be taken so you don't land on the person below you. This is a rather old firehouse, if you look on the floor you'll see floor grates. These grates collect extra water so they can use that to fill the trucks. However they were also once called pee troughs, because the horses were stored here and well, they peed, though it's unknown if it was enough to fill up a tank or not.