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The Reading Fire Department was formed on March 17, 1773, as a volunteer fire department known as the Rainbow Volunteer Fire Company. [7] By 1914 the department had grown to include 14 separate volunteer companies. Today, the department operates out of 7 fire stations, including 1 EMS Station. Beginning in April 2011 Engines 13 and 14 were ...
Non-fatal injuries. 10. On March 24, 2023, [2] an explosion occurred at a chocolate factory operated by the R.M. Palmer Company in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Seven people died and ten were injured, including one rescued from rubble. [3] At around 4:57 p.m (EST), [4] it sent plumes of smoke into the air and shook houses.
Elverson, PA 19520 Virginville Fire Co. Station #33 Mailing Address: PO Box 122 Station Location: Virginville, PA 19534 20 1st St. Phone: 610.562.8389 Walnuttown Fire Co. Station #32 Mailing Address: 535 Park Rd. Station Location: Fleetwood, PA 19522 535 Park Rd. Phone: 610.562.8389 West Reading Fire Co. Station #64 Mailing Address:
Liberty Fire Company No. 5. / 40.32750°N 75.92667°W / 40.32750; -75.92667. The Liberty Fire Company No. 5 is an historic, American fire station that is located in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Cost. $ 33,536. Height. 120 ft (37 m) Design and construction. Architect (s) Grover Cleveland Freeman. The William Penn Memorial Fire Tower is a fire lookout tower located on Mount Penn in Lower Alsace Township, Pennsylvania. Named after William Penn, the structure is owned by the city government of nearby Reading, Pennsylvania, which the tower ...
The Office of Management and Budget [17] has designated Berks County as the Reading, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 U.S. census [ 18 ] the metropolitan area is the 10th-most populous in Pennsylvania and the 128th-most populous in the U.S. with a population of 413,491.
Length. 1,460 miles (2,350 kilometres) [ 1 ] The Reading Company (/ ˈrɛdɪŋ / RED-ing) was a Philadelphia -headquartered railroad that provided passenger and freight transport in eastern Pennsylvania and neighboring states from 1924 until its acquisition by Conrail in 1976. Commonly called the Reading Railroad and logotyped as Reading Lines ...
Patrick Lyon (c. 1769, Edinburgh, Scotland – April 15, 1829, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a Scottish-born American blacksmith, mechanic and inventor. After being falsely accused and imprisoned for a 1798 bank robbery, he became a working class hero. [ 1 ] A self-made businessman, he was among the foremost American makers of hand-pumped ...