Interstate 91 Corridor Run- Part Two

    Continuing northbound on Interstate 91, the next stop was in the town of Greenfield. This firehouse is pretty large, and has some great details to it as well. There is a large firefighters memorial on the left side of the firehouse-with some great artwork. I was told by one of the firemen that the eagle originally was holding the flag until the typical New England weather took its toll on it, so the design was altered a bit.

 

Looking at the firehouse from the front of the building, I did do a little "Wow" when I saw all the details I wanted to photograph, and spent some time there trying to get the right shot. The weather wasn't making me too happy for shooting conditions, but I did the best with what I had. 

                                                       

Luckily I was also able to get some shots of the trucks here too.   

    

The original bell for the firehouse is on display at one of the local banks in town, and the firehouse uses the bell tower now to put their Christmas tree in during the holidays. I was told that the firehouse "sister" station is in Palmer or Longmeadow-the fireman wasn't positive which one, so it will be interesting to see where the other location is. The station originally had arched doors on the firehouse, that opened up in three different sections, that were removed for the more modern looking and more useful doors, the old doors are being used in a previous firefighters barn now. 

After Greenfield, it was off to the town of Turners Falls, where the station is located on Turnpike Road.

The town also shares space with the Montague Police Department, and has a memorial outside for the firefighters as well.

         

After that, it was back on the interstate to head north to Northfield, a small town just northeast of Greenfield.

The firehouse here is located right on Main Street in the center of town, and luckily there were no Memorial Day parades going on today, unlike the last weekend when we attempted to go visit it.

            Since the firehouse was pretty quiet, we backtracked over to the interstate again, and began our trip down the highway on the west side. The first stop was in the town of Bernardston, where a quick slice of pizza was obtained at Antonio's Pizza in the center of town, almost across the street from the firehouse

      There is a nice little memorial

      outside this firehouse as well

                                     

Continuing south down the corridor, we came to the town of Leyden, after a fun-filled five miles down a remote dirt road-thanks to my GPS for taking us the "back way" where we lost satellite and phone service for most of it. The bright side is that we had to stop about a mile away from the station to help a turtle cross the road to the swamp. Boy for a turtle it did move pretty quickly when I approached it.

The firehouse here in Leyden also is located next to the town hall, as well as the highway department. There were a few trucks outside, which thrilled me as I hadn't seen any since our visit to Greenfield.

      After Leyden, we headed towards the town of Conway. Conway is located about ten minutes west of the interstate, and is a nice scenic drive through the hills, passing farms and rivers along the way. The firehouse is located north of the town center, and shares space with the rest of the town departments.

       The last stop of the day was in the town of Ashfield, where the firehouse has a pretty cool logo as well.

         

     A visit to Ashfield wouldn't be complete without stopping by the lake, where the popular Ashfield Lake House is located as well. The water is simply beautiful here.