http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_fireman.htm
This museum features a history of firefighting in America, from 1731 to the present. Visitors can tour an old firehouse and see a hand engine used by Benjamin Franklin in 1731 along with other fire memorabilia including stained glass of firefighters and a firemark collection. Careful, kids may look but not touch. Operated by the Philadelphia Fire Department.
Address:
147 North Second Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: 212-923-1438
Handicap Access? N
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