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Fireman Glacier
Fireman Glacier () is a glacier in the western part of the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica, flowing northwest into Cassidy Glacier. It was named in 1992 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Edward L. Fireman (died 1990), a physicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was an authority on the analysis and dating of extraterrestrial materials and space debris, and from 1979 conducted investigations on the dating and composition of Antarctic meteorites and Antarctic ice samples, including deep core
- Sep 1991 – Box car arrives on site
- Apr 1993 – Trolley arrives on site
- Jun 1993 – Track work completed
- Jul 4 1993 – Old Poway Park dedication
- Jul 4 1993 – First passenger carried behind speeder
- Sep 1994 – First locomotive passenger run
- Jul 1996 – Record passenger haul (2,500)
- Jan 1997 – First woman fireman qualified
- Oct 1997 – San Francisco Cable Car arrives
- Jul 4 2002 – Turntable dedicated
- Oct 2004 – Barn