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East Rochester's First Fire Truck

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Originally the equipment used in firefighting was a hand drawn hose cart and ladder wagon. In 1925 it was decided that the village needed a real fire truck not a commercial truck converted to one.

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MR. PRAME AND HIS NORTHWAY TRAILERCAR

MR. PRAME AND HIS NORTHWAY TRAILERCAR

 During the year our ER Department of Local History received many donations.  Often these were photos, newspaper articles, or memorabilia.  As described in my May article, this spring we received a large donation of 13 notebook binders and 2 large folio cases containing the history of the Forest Hills Development.  In October, we received a very different large donation –a trailer-like wagon approximately 110 years old.

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