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Euston Fire Station

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Old Euston Fire Station (6265794637)
Old Euston Fire Station (6265794637)

Euston Fire Station is a grade II* listed operational fire station in London utilized by the London Fire Brigade. Located on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden, close to Euston railway station, it was built in 1901–1902 and altered and extended later in the twentieth century. It was designed by H. F. T. Cooper for the Fire Brigade Branch of the London County Council Architects' Department and built by Stimpson & Co.Euston fire station replaced the Metropolitan Board of Works station. It opened on 27 November 1902. Euston was the headquarters of the North Division of the London Fire Brigade, under the command of a Third Officer, the third-highest rank in some pre-war British fire brigades. Divisional staff had domestic accommodation provided for them on the first floor and for the Third Officer on the fourth floor. The station currently houses 1 Pump Ladder and one of the brigades 14 Rescue Units

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Euston Fire Station
Euston Square, London St Pancras (London Borough of Camden)

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Euston Square
NW1 1DJ London, St Pancras (London Borough of Camden)
England, United Kingdom
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London and North Western Railway War Memorial
London and North Western Railway War Memorial

The London and North Western Railway War Memorial is a First World War memorial located outside Euston station in London, England. The memorial was designed by Reginald Wynn Owen, architect to the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), and commemorates employees of the LNWR who were killed in the First World War. Some 37,000 LNWR employees left to fight in the war—around a third of the company's workforce—of whom over 3,000 were killed. As well as personnel, much of the company's infrastructure was turned over to the war effort. Of the £12,500 cost of the memorial, £4,000 was contributed by the employees and the company paid the remainder. The memorial consists of a single 13-metre (43-foot) tall obelisk on a pedestal. At the top, on each side, is a cross in relief and a bronze wreath. At the four corners of the base are four over-life-size statues of military figures—an artilleryman, an infantryman, a sailor, and an airman. The memorial was unusual among those from the First World War in featuring an airman so prominently. The memorial was unveiled on 21 October 1921. Over 8,000 people attended the ceremony, mostly LNWR employees and their families, including three who earned the Victoria Cross in the war. Tensions remained following a strike two years earlier and the speeches focused on patriotism and duty, encouraging the workers to follow the example of their dead comrades. The memorial and two entrance lodges are all that remain of the former Euston station complex, the station having been rebuilt in the 1960s. An office building was erected between the memorial and the station in the 1970s, obscuring the view of it from the station entrance. The memorial is a grade II* listed building.