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Over the years, the fire department was still using the hand-operated fire equipment. In 1871, Chambersburg Fire Department added a steam fire engine to its roster of fire apparatus.
OWEGO (WBNG) -- The Owego Fire Department partnered with Firehouse Sub to raise money for a steam engine restoration. The event runs from April 15 to April 20.
The committee proceeded to Meadville, where they looked at and tested an 1864 Amaskeag steam fire engine. After some minor repairs, the steamer arrived in Chambersburg via the Cumberland Valley ...
Some steam fire engines weighed well over 6,000 pounds. Somewhere in the bowels of Station 8 is a poster with the photos of all the horses that served the firefighters, complete with their names.
A 1919 fire engine once used by United Steam Fire Engine Company 3 will be displayed at the Frederick County Fire & Rescue Museum in Emmitsburg through the summer season, ...
Monday marks the 100th anniversary of the last time a horse-drawn steam fire apparatus responded to a fire within ... But on Dec. 30, 1924, Engine Company No. 18 was the last to respond to a real ...
The beacon belonged to the Philadelphia Fire Department's former chief, who took over in the late 1800s when fires were fought with horses, steam engines and other antiquities.
The saga of Friendship Engine and Hose Co. 1 and how it evolved through the years to serve Chambersburg. Chambersburg's Friendship Fire Co. had big celebration for new equipment, engine house Skip ...