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Saturday, October 11, 2014 / Published in Events, Local History, Photograph Collection

Do you know (or remember) what a Fire Alarm Box is?

THE NORTH CAROLINA ROOM HAS ONE ON DISPLAY. WE MIGHT EVEN LET YOU PULL THE ALARM AND HEAR IT RING! When it was not common for people to have telephones in their homes, if your house caught on fire, you would run to the nearest fire alarm box and pull the handle. Using electric impulses,
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