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    In 1857 the Town of Whitby had its first fire brigade and hook & ladder company entirely made up of volunteers as a result of a by-law passed by the Town Council. In 1879 the fire truck was housed at

    The Vaselesky barn was located at 321 Centre Street North.

    The Waterworks Pump House was built in 1904 on the lakeshore between Whitby Harbour and Heydenshore Park. An additional pump house was built o the east of this building in 1959. The original building

    In 1948 a new water tower replaced the original tower built on Euclid Street in 1903. The new water tower was located in Kinsmen Park.

    The sewage treatment plant is located north of Victoria Street just east of Dufferin Street.

    Metcalfe Foods was a cannery located on the west side of Brock Street just south of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was built in 1936. In 1943 it was sold to Stokely Van Camp. The cannery closed in

    Metcalfe Foods was a cannery located on the west side of Brock Street just south of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was built in 1936. In 1943 it was sold to Stokely Van Camp. The cannery closed in

    Black and white negative showing a Whitby fire engine with firefighters at the Holman house fire at 709 Brock Street South.

Unknown, Daily Times-Gazette (Whitby, ON), 15 September 1958     Frank Batty's farm was located on lot 25, concession 5 in Whitby.

    Black and white negative showing Mayor Bob Attersley at a desk in municipal building on Rossland Road.

    The Waterworks Pumphouse was built in 1903/4 on the lakeshore between Whitby Harbour and Heydenshore Park. An additional pumphouse was built to the east of this building in 1959. The original buildin

    The Waterworks Pumphouse was built in 1903/4 on the lakeshore between Whitby Harbour and Heydenshore Park. An additional pumphouse was built to the east of this building in 1959. The original buildin

    The Waterworks Pumphouse was built in 1903/4 on the lakeshore between Whitby Harbour and Heydenshore Park. An additional pumphouse was built to the east of this building in 1959. The original buildin

    This water tower was built in Kinsmen Park in 1947. It was demolished in September 1979.

    This Dodge cruiser is probably the first car in the Whitby Police fleet.

    Between 1955-1956, a group of volunteers built a fire hall at the southeast corner of Garrard and Forrest Roads. In 1965, it was replaced by a new station at the northeast corner of Thickson and Mann

Unknown, Daily Times-Gazette (Whitby, ON), 21 June 1950     Black and white negative of Jim Watson demonstrating a fire extinguisher before a crowd at the King Street School yard. Left to right: Jim Mowat, Bruce Corner, Bob Green, unidentified, unidentified,

Unknown, Oshawa Times, 20 May 1965     Black and white negative showing Vernon MacCarl (MC), Mayor Warren Mowat, Bruce Corner (Fire Chief), and William Strong (Architect) at the official opening of the Fire Hall at Brock and Colborne Stre

    Herbert Luther Pringle was born at Whitby on April 5, 1885. After his graduation, from the University of Toronto's School of Practical Science, in 1906 he was a railroad engineer for seven years in t

    Black and white negative showing a Whitby fire engine at the Holman house fire at 709 Brock Street South. View is of the hoses attached to the fire engine.