Skip to Main Content

Augusta Photographs: RL00001

This is a pilot digital archive project, containing photographs from the Special Collections Department of Reese Library, Augusta University. The collection includes photographic images from the 19th and 20th century covering a host of subjects.

RL00001

NAVIGATION: Thumbnails Next Record               RL Number sort Sorted by title
Thumbnail: Bell Tower
Larger Size: rL00001.jpg (12.7MB)
Full Size: For Full Sized images suitable for publication, please contact Special Collections (archives@augusta.edu) for permissions to publish and copyright advisement
Title: Fire Bell Tower, Broad St (Augusta, GA)
Creator: Unknown
Subject: Augusta Fire Department (Augusta, GA.) 
Augusta, Ga. Architecture 
Description: Bell tower built on Broad St. in 1860. Known as “Big Steve”, it was used in the late 1800s as a fire lookout tower. A lookout was stationed in the compartment at the top to call out the volunteer fire fighters if a fire was spotted.
25X 20cm.
B&W Copy. Stained and Torn.  
Publisher: Unknown
Contributor: Reese Library, Augusta University
Date: Unknown
Type: Image; Still Image
Format: Black and White Print copy TIFF document size is 25.9MB
Identifier: rL00001
Source: Not Applicable
Language: English
Relation is Based On: Not Applicable
Coverage: Geographical: North and South America, United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, Broad Street
Temporal: 1800's;  
Rights: Contact Special Collections (archives@augusta.edu) for rights information