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Haddon Township Historical Photographs Westmont Fire Company No. 1 |
 The first fire hall as it looked in 1906 (about 2 years after it was built). It was able to house to horse-drawn fire apparatus |  A young child sits atop the most primative piece of equipment called a Hose Reel in 1906. |
 Harry Tull on the horse-drawn hook and ladder in 1906. |  Another View of the horse-drawn hook and ladder in 1906, with 3-year old, Felton Gamble sitting on the running board. |
 The first appartus purchased by the fire compnay was a chemical engine called the "Baxter" which consisted of two 50-gallon tanks on a horse-drawn vehicle. The tanks contained a mixture of bicarbonate of soda and water which was activated by a chemical reaction when adding sulfuric acid. This was backed by a small Baxter Steam Engine (the cyllindracal tower behind the driver)-- a portable steam engine invented by Willima Baxter in Newark, NJ in 1868. This piece of equipment was purchased on March 14, 1903 for $350, and stored in the barn of Alfred Matthews. It is shown here in 1906. |   |
 A more candid shot of the horse-drawn hose reel. This phototograph was taken close to the original fire house in 1910. |  The Company's first motorized apparatus were purchased in 1918: a Hahn 500-gallon pumper (left) and a Hahn chemical hose wagon(right) |
 A side-view of the 1918 Hahn chemical hose wagon combination; soliciting donations. |  A side-view of the 1918 Hahn pumper. The two Hahn apparatus cost a total of $7,500. |
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