Edinburg Fire Wagon

Edinburg Fire Wagon

Edinburg (Va.)

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Hisey Drug Store

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The Edinburg Fire Department was founded in 1869. H.H. Riddleberger was captain and Robert Ruby and Green Swann were lieutenants. The department consisted of only a bucket brigade because the city did not have a water system. According to accounts, the bucket brigade was largely ineffective to large fires.

Around 1903, the Company received its first horse-drawn hook and ladder wagon, which was donated by druggist Frank Dinges, Sr. The wagon had ladders, axes, and chemical tanks.

The photograph here is of the Company's first horse-drawn hook and ladder wagon. The picture was taken in front of Hisey Drugstore around 1900. A band and other performers are in the foreground indicating a parade or other event may be occuring.

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Foldr 2.35: Edinburg Fire Wagon, ca. 1900, Shenandoah County Photograph Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.

Shenandoah County Library

ca. 1900

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19-0723-001

Photographic Print