dc.date.accessioned	2019-09-25T15:09:29Z
dc.date.available	2019-09-25T15:09:29Z
dc.date.issued	1976-06-06
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/1000000402
dc.description	The condition of the No. 4 Fire Station at 175 S. Kendall St. the subject of considerable controversy in 1976. "If this place were downtown it would be condemned and torn down. You guys are second-class citizens," thundered Battle Creek City Commissioner Clark Valentine in a June 6, 1976, Enquirer and News article. The station, built in 1903, sat between the Conrail and Grand Trunk railroad tracks, what Valentine called the "iron curtain." Extensive water damage, poor plumbing and dilapidation made the building unsafe, and rail crossings and vacated streets hindered response. The city closed the station in 1983.	en_US
dc.format.medium	35mm BW Negative
dc.subject	fire stations Battle Creek Fire Department	en_US
dc.title	Dilapidated No. 4 Fire Station raises alarms	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.description.envelope	B.C. Fire Station No. 4 Historic Bldg Center of Controversy 6/6/76
dc.description.photographer	Don Nelson
dc.description.taxonomy	Geographic\|Battle Creek Area Places	en_US

Dilapidated No. 4 Fire Station raises alarms

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