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AT LEFT: Middletown's first motorized apparatus was the Monhagen's 1909 American Mors. A further distinction is that this is believed to be the first triple combination fire engine. Photo taken c1909 by A. H. Scill.
ABOVE: When the Excelsior's Ahrens-Fox aerial ladder truck arrived March 24, 1927, Middletown's Fire Department was fully motorized. Photo was taken at the junction of Wickham Avenue and West Main Street, AT RIGHT: Muklletown's last horse-drawn fire truck was the Excelsior's 1907 Seagrave hook & ladder. Photo by A. H. Still c1909.