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Welcome Excelsior Hook & Ladder Company, No.1 |
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On August 3,
1859 a hook
and ladder
company of
the Village
of
Middletown
was formed.
The new fire
company
remained
unnamed
until
October 6,
1859 when
Village
President
James N.
Pronk
unveiled the
newly
arrived hook
and ladder
truck at the
Erie
Railroad
freight
yards and
exclaimed
"Excelsior!"
The new fire
company
adapted that
name along
with the
motto
"Excelsior-
Ever
Onward-Ever
Upward." The
Hooks were
quartered in
the King
Street fire
house until
1928 when
Central Fire
Station was
opened.
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One of the three oldest
fire companies in the
city, Excelsior Hook &
Ladder Company, No. 1
continues to serve the
city of Middletown with
a modern tractor drawn
aerial ladder truck.
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