- Collection:
- Digital Archives of Reese Library, Augusta University
- Title:
- Fire Bell Tower, Broad Street (Augusta, GA)
- Date of Original:
- 1860/1899
- Subject:
- Augusta (Ga.)--History--Photographs
Historic buildings--Georgia--Augusta--Photographs
Bell towers--Georgia--Augusta
Fire lookout stations--Georgia--Augusta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
image/tiff - Description:
- 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.
- Metadata URL:
- http://guides.augusta.edu/AugustaPhotographs/RL00001
- Holding Institution:
- Augusta University, Reese Library
- Rights:
-
