Eagle Hose Company (Ohio)

== History ==
In 1867 a group of young Akron businessmen formed the Eagle Hose Company, consisting of several men including E.F. Taggart, A. Jahant, William Coler and Colonel Charles Perkins. This company was the feature of a 1924 newspaper story in which Mr. Jahant talked said that the company had rooms over the so called "Good block" where a Chinese restaurant was located at the time of the article being written. The building had nice rooms for that time with Brussels carpet, lounging rooms, smoking rooms and good lamps. Mr. Jahant and Colonel Perkins found that there was only one working wooden pump that could be used for fighting fires, located at Federal and Main Streets. The members would intensely pump the handles with fury on either side due to its age. A second pump was located at Bowery and Main Streets which helped the prestige of the department. The men were invited to participate in a parade in Urbana, Ohio when that city formed a fire department. Urbana at the time had wooden mains that froze in winter, resulting in "water everywhere except where you'd want it." The companies' largest fire burned the whole block from Main Street to Mill Street on Market Street. The department had a hand drawn cart, leather hose and used wooden mains.
Former Companies
Company 	Address 	In Service 	Notes
Eagle Hose Company	Downtown Akron	1867 - 1901	Demolished.
==Apparatus==
*1867 Hand Drawn hose cart
Category:Defunct fire departments of Summit County, Ohio