The Canandaigua Fire Company was formed under an ordinance passed by Village trustees on April 22, 1816. They named the group Engine Co. 1. In June, the trustees voted to purchase a fire engine, hooks, rope, ladders, leather buckets and hose to establish public wells in various parts of the Village. The hand pumper purchased was the first “Fire engine” to operate in New York State west of Utica, NY.
Engine Company No. 1 received the Villages first steam fire engine in 1870. Around the same time Engine Company No. 1 changed its name to Steamer Company No.1
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Erina Hose 1843 Hand Pumper
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