Maselli Fireplace Center 3547 Whitney Avenue May 1, 1968
The quarried head of Sleeping Giant literally provides the backdrop for this photo. This early evening fire was not a big one, but it was a nasty one that did a lot of damage to merchandise stored in the basement of the Maselli Fireplace Center on the east side of Whitney Avenue, just north of West Woods Road.
Ladder 1 (designated "Truck 1" on July 1, 1974) is pictured here with Car 30, a white 1966 Ford station wagon that was assigned to the Deputy Chief shift commanders.
May 1, 1968 - Maselli Fireplace Center (Whitney Legal Photo)
Ventilation (Whitney Legal Photo)
(Whitney Legal Photo)
50 years later - although it is now #3551 Whitney Avenue (Government Solutions)
Photo courtesy of the Hamden Historical Society - CLICK TO ENLARGE
Baldwin's River Side Saloon was approximately on this spot at the turn of the 20th century. Note the unmolested head of the Sleeping Giant in the days before quarrying began (the quarrying ended in the early-1930s).
