VIDEO: A Denver museum has been fighting for the last 14 years to bring a piece of the city’s history back home after a 140-year-old bell, which was presumed missing, turned up at a church in Pueblo.
“The bell itself is a 1,600-pound bell, which is quite large and it’s got a tone that even the bell company said is kind of a special tone,” Dan Farley said. Farley is the executive director of the Denver Firefighters Museum, which highlights the history of the fire service since its beginnings in Denver. Part of the museum’s exhibit features two photographs of Denver’s Fire Station 1, located at Broadway and Colfax Avenue. Fire Station 1 was torn down in 1909. The bell was housed in a belfry atop the building.
“Everybody was volunteer back then, so you ring the bell to bring it to the public’s attention (that) something is going on (and) we need help,” retired Denver firefighter Danny Perez said.