Time marched on, and by 1871 the Friendships were ready for a horse-drawn steam fire engine. Town Council appointed two representatives to go to Philadelphia and examine some second-hand steam ...

The last use of a horse-drawn fire apparatus in D.C. is often remembered as the staged "Last Running of the Horses'" on June 15, 1925. But on Dec. 30, 1924, Engine Company No. 18 was the last to ...

Columnist Mike Marotte takes a look back at the steam fire apparatus that helped douse many a blaze in Chambersburg in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Time marched on, and by 1871 the Friendships were ready for a horse-drawn steam fire engine. Town Council appointed two representatives to go to Philadelphia and examine some second-hand steam ...

The last use of a horse-drawn fire apparatus in D.C. is often remembered as the staged "Last Running of the Horses'" on June 15, 1925. But on Dec. 30, 1924, Engine Company No. 18 was the last to ...

By 1913, a Cincinnati-based company called Ahrens-Fox Manufacturing was the leading group when it came to transforming horse-drawn or steam-powered engines into something that could properly be ...

It is drawn by horses, assisted by the power of the machinery ... This article was originally published with the title “ Steam Fire Engine ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 17 ...

The ceremony is a way to honor the history of the fire service and celebrate the community's investment in the department.

This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does ...

Later, a much-needed upgrade saw horse-drawn fire engines introduced. A horse-drawn carriage used in Glasgow in 1901, similar to what would have been used in Rochford. (Image: Archive) ...