This firehouse was moved by barge to Pier 22½ near the intersection of Harrison Street and Embarcadero following the Exposition, when the old fair buildings were being torn down and the Marina District was being built in its place.
The city spent more than $150,000 preparing the firehouse for the move.
The firehouse is being moved, and if all goes as planned, it will ultimately be renovated to become a museum and part of a historic district.
Were the department to buy a ladder truck -- a reason given for moving the firehouse from its present location -- the lumberyard would be inadequate, according to the report.
The ultimate plan is to move the firehouse in about 10 months to Lincoln Plaza, about a block away, where it will be restored and placed near the Lincoln Depot, where Abraham Lincoln gave a short speech in February 1861.
But in 1984 it was reactivated and moved into the firehouse on Liberty Street, where Engine 10 was already based.
"First they moved us to the firehouse and then up here".
Engine Company 282, from Borough Park, is moving there while its firehouse is renovated, Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta said yesterday.
A worker wanted the fire chief's official car moved from near the firehouse so lines could be painted there.
His body, wrapped in sheets, was later moved to the empty firehouse across the street from the friary.
