PBF History and Evolution of Gamewell Fire Alarms in the Pittsburgh Fire Department

Video showing each of the Gamewell boxes used by the City Of Pittsburgh from 1880 until the removal of the municipal fire alarm telegraph system including a demonstration of a box working

[@BrianRollins]

Thanks for sharing. Very cool to see how these early fire alarms worked!

[@99carnot]

Remember these running cards and Gamewell boxes. 653: Frankstown & Hamilton. Still bells and the "joker". Long time ago. Nice video!

[@Kit_Bear]

Fascinating. They should have kept these going as a backup incase of a system failure like telephone or electric going out. Were these powered locally or remotely and by what, Battery or mains rectified DC?

[@tedsettles5764]

Very interesting... Picked up a gamewell alarm with receiver mounted on wood. Can you help me identify it??

[@billfrye646]

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