Our Fleet

Hand Pump Engine

1825-1867

The first record shows that an Engine is in “complete repair” and apparatus of ladders, hook, etc. are ready for service. According to records it took “8 men to pump it.”

On 3/20/1847 – Unknown persons took the Engine and “threw it in the Borough Dam.”

On 7/17/1848 – The unit was removed from the Borough Dam.

On 5/18/1861 – The unit was taken out of service as it was unfit to use.

In December of 1867 – The engine was sold in 1867 to Enoch Wampole and Andrew Rickert. Sale price was $12.25

A vintage red fire truck with ladders and shiny chrome details is parked on grass in front of an old, ornate stone building with many windows.