File:Firemen and wagon at Ballard Fire Station No 18, circa 1907 (MOHAI 9548).jpg

This photograph shows five fireman and their horse-drawn hose wagon at the original wooden fire station on NW Market Street and Russell Ave NW in Ballard. This was a volunteer station until Ballard's annexation into Seattle on June 1, 1907, when it became Hose No. 18, a paid company of the Seattle Fire Department. In 1911, this building was replaced by a brick firehouse built by Seattle architects Bebb and Mendel. Ballard Fire Station No. 18 remained in continuous use for 63 years, longer than any other Seattle firehouse, reluctantly shutting its doors in 1976 when the station was retired by the city after being deemed surplus property. The restored fire station now (in 2017) houses the Hi-Life restaurant.

Caption information source: Seattle Fire Department Millennium 2000 Memorial Yearbook, p.15. Caption information source: Hi-Life / Fire Station No. 18 at http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fire-station-no-18-and-the-hi-life

• Subjects (LCTGM): Fire fighters--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fire stations--Washington (State)--Seattle; Hose carriages--Washington (State)--Seattle