Hose tower

A hose tower is a structure constructed for hanging firehoses to dry.

Hose towers have been features of some fire station designs in Canada,[1] Germany,[2] and the United States.

In Australia, especially, some fire stations had watch towers for looking for smoke, presumably in relatively flat areas and in spread out low towns where an extra story or two of elevation provided for an extremely wide range of vision, perhaps 360 degrees.

[4] In 2001, a campaign was undertaken to restore the only remaining hose tower in Oklahoma.

[3] In 2016, a hose tower mounted on top of the city hall in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, was demolished after much public debate.