Sing Sing Steamer Company No. 1 came into being in June 1876 with the purchase of a Silsby rotary steam fire engine, the latest in technology at that time. The Silsby company had exhibited its steam engine in Sing Sing in early 1876. When a fire broke out on Main St., the village fathers saw the engine in action and were persuaded to purchase one. A company of 60 members formed to take charge of the new steam engine. Still stationed on Main St., Steamer Company shared its space with the Police headquarters in the late 1890s.

Monitor Hose Company Number 4. Monitor Hose Company organized on July 7, 1891, and was originally located on Water St. and Central Ave. near the Monitor Iron Works, from which the company took its name. Members of the company were nicknamed “Monty’s dock rats.”
The company’s first apparatus was a hand-drawn jumper carriage with hose, which had to be pulled by hand up the hill to fight fires in the Village. A frequent solution was to hook the carriage to Ossining Steamer at the top of the hill. Another option was to hitch the carriage to the trolley for a ride from Westerly Rd. to the Campwoods Grounds. The company moved to its present home on Central Ave. in 1950.

Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Sigma 18-50mm f2.8