Jackson's Row Fire Station From 1866 the Headquarters
of Manchester's Fire Brigade was located between Jackson’s
Row and Bootle Street. Its location is indicated by
the red arrow in the image above. It can also be
seen below in my version of a map dated 1886. At
that time the present Southmill Street was called South
Street.
The building of the
Jackson's Row Fire Brigade Station was necessary because
the previous site at Clarence Street was needed for the
new Town Hall. The map below, dated 1845 shows
the Fire Engine House located in the "Town's Yard" within
the recognizably triangular site occupied today by the
Town Hall.
Jackson’s Row served as
HQ until 1906 when the new Headquarters building on
London Road opened, see below.
*********************** Following the closure of the Jackson's Row Fire Station it was demolished along with the warehouse building on Southmill Street. In 1934 the foundation stone for a new police headquarters was laid on the Southmill end of the site. The photograph below shows the completed police headquarters, the white building at the bottom of the image. Below is the view today on Southmill Street. |