Pottstown Fire Department History
Philadelphia Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 1
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Instituted:
Jan 3rd 1871
Incorporated: Aug 21st 1871
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Historical Photo's
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Left, a firehouse shot from about fifty years ago.
Right, the "Parlor" as it was more than 125 years ago. Note in the front of the picture was the first hand-pump known as the "pilot." Our present-day fire company social quarters is where the parlor was located.
Click here to view photos that were taken from our fire company tower and published as a postcard series more than 50 years ago. These images were submitted by Juliane Francis.
Above: old photographs found from the 1950's
Above is a photo of Chief Irving Scheetz, his wife Anna, and their daughter Jane taken around 1942. This image was submitted by Jane (Scheetz) Burns.
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