A Pittsburgh Engine House.
The handsome engine house shown in the accompanying cut was built last year for the old Eagle Engine Company No. 1 of Pittsburgh, Pa., upon the same site occupied by the original home of the company, built in 1794, and its successor, erected in 1845, which the present structure replaces. It stands at the foot of Fourth avenue, near Liberty street, and is one of the most commodious and most perfectly arranged fire stations in the city.
The walls of the house are lined with pressed brick. Three large glass double doors form the entrance to the lower floor, and the upper portion of the front wall is supported by large fine stone arches above the doors. There are five windows on the second floor, and each one is trimmed with stone work. A large tower with mansard roof rests over the left front of the building, and the main roof rests upon a large brick arch, supplied with two windows, forming the third floor. There are in all three large rooms and a basement, besides the stables and a bath-room. The main engine-room is 36 x 35 feet in size, and in the rear are four stalls S)4 feet in width. A tower in the rear does service for drying the hose. The doors of the stables are opened by electric springs. A large spring gong board with clock and indicator and all the latest improvements are fixed upon the wall to the left of the entrance. Eiectric apparatus is used throughout, and the building is supplied with electric light from cellar to garret. An iron circular stairway runs from the cellar to the third floor, and a rolled iron sliding pole is placed conveniently at the disposal of the firemen.
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