The Hampden Station is still partly there but most of what remains is the newer part.
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Central Fire Station
Elmwood Fire Station
The Elmwood Station is still there and functions as a ambulance station.
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Mount Tom Fire Station
The Mount Tom Fire Station is a very old station that still exist as a building.
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Mount Holyoke Fire Station
The Mount Holyoke Fire Station is still there but no longer used as a station.
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Fire Stations in Holyoke
There have been many fire stations in Holyoke.
| station | location | information | start | end |
| Mount Tom | 2 North Canal St | information | 1976 | |
| Mount Holyoke | 452 Main St | information | ||
| Emerald | 62 Chestnut St | information | ||
| Reliance 1 | 177 to 178 High | information | 1864 | 1885 |
| Reliance 2 | information | 1886 | 1914 | |
| Homestead | information | still | ||
| Whiting | information | 2003 | still | |
| Northampton St | information | |||
| Central 1 | information | 1914 | 2001 | |
| Central 2 | information | 2001 | still | |
| Elmwood | 490 South St | information | ||
| Dexter | Northampton St | information | 1874 | |
| Hampden Street | information |
Holyoke Water Power Company – Cabot Street Mill
The Holyoke Water Power Mill is a start up mill along Cabot Street that was made by the Holyoke Water Power Company.
1888 burned mill – Milan Warner IMAGE
In 1908 the Barlow Company is there making nickel and brass fixtures.
Sanborn map analysis:
Sanborn 1884 map shows the Chadwick Seal, Whitmore Paper, and Holyoke Envelope
Sanborn 1889 map shows the Chadwick Seal, Whitmore Paper, B F Nichols Belt Manufactory, McCallum Constable Hosiery, and the National Blank Book Company
Sanborn 1895 map shows the Chadwick Seal, Whitmore Paper, B F Nichols Belt Manufactory, and the National Blank Book Company
Sanborn 1915 map shows that the Crocker-McElwain Co has the entire mill
Sanborn 1949 map shows that the Crocker-McElwain Co has the entire mill
Sanborn 1956 map shows that the Crocker-McElwain Co has the entire mill
General Electric
The General Electric plant in Holyoke was at the southwestern end of the second level canal. General Electric plants on the Hudson River and the Housatonic River polluted those rivers from the 1930 to the 1970s. The pollutant was PCBs or polychlorinated biphenyls. It is not known if this site is polluted or not so it is a brownfield.
Production at the plant was by site within the plant so there was no segregation of duties by floors.
Sanborn map analysis:
for Sanborn 1915 map look under Farr Alpaca
Palace
The Palace was at 317 Main Street. It lasted from 1908 to 1917 as a Nickelodeon style theater.
Wonderland
The Wonderland is a theater at 295 Main Street that lasted from 1910 to 1920 as a Nickelodeon style theater. For a while it was at 301 Main Street.