Fire Holes blue plaque
Sheppey, Kent, England, United Kingdom
The Fire Holes Spaced along the dockyard wall are a number of square iron plates with a large circular hole through them. These were the fire holes which were used to pass hoses, connected to the dockyard pumps, through the wall in the event of a fire breaking out in the town. Blue Town was mainly c
omprised of tightly packed wooden houses and was highly vulnerable to fires. There were two main fires in 1827 and 1830 which destroyed large sections of Blue Town.
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