- Collection:
- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System Collection
- Title:
- Stereograph of fire bell tower, Augusta, Georgia
- Publisher:
- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library, Augusta, Georgia
- Date of Original:
- 1860/1894
- Subject:
- Bell towers--Georgia--Augusta
Architecture--Georgia--Augusta
Pedestrians--Georgia--Augusta
Historic buildings--Georgia--Augusta
Fire lookout stations--Georgia--Augusta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- stereographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Stereograph photograph of a bell tower built on Broad St. in 1860. Known as "Big Steve." It was used in the late 1800s as a fire lookout tower. A lookout was stationed in the compartment at the top to call out the volunteer fire fighters if a fire was spotted.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gaec_stg_stg014
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/augusta/do:stg014
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
- Rights:
-
