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Date: 1906 Type: Fire Station Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°12'08.54" S 28°04'14.35" E Alt: 1760m

Transcript of Heritage Plaque: JOHANNESBURG CITY HERITAGE FAIRVIEW FIRE TOWER Johannesburg's first permanent Fire Station was completed on this site in 1906. The thirty-five meter high tower was used as a lookout for spotting fires before the advent of telecommunications and also for drying out fire hoses which were hung in the tower. When the station was rebuilt in the early 1980s only the watchtower was kept. It is Johannesburg's only remaining fire tower and the highest of a group of towers in the area.