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August 1,
1859 the
Eagle Fire
Engine
Company, No.
3 came into
being,
Middletown's
oldest fire
company.
Middletown
Engine 1 was
the machine
called "The
Old Bread
Tray".
Protection
Engine
Company was
Number 2 and
Eagles were
Number 3.
When
Protection
was
disbanded,
Eagles
reorganized
as Eagle
Hose
Company, No.
2. The new
company
moved into a
two bay fire
station on
King Street
at the
corner of
Foundry
Alley, later
called
Center
Street.
Eagles hand
engine was
replaced by
a
horse-drawn
hose and
patrol wagon
before
becoming
motorized.
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