The process of restoration is expected to take a couple of years, he said. "It felt like kismet" having the opportunity "arise out of the blue," Florsheim said. Swartz put the truck in his antique museum in Philadelphia, Pa., where it remained until it was bought by retired Capt. William Broderick of the Binghamton, N.Y., Fire Department, the city said in a press release. Swartz, owner of EIS Brake Parts, formerly located on North Main Street. When the facility received its own ladder truck, Middletown gave it to Ernest I. It then was loaned to the Connecticut Valley Hospital fire department, the mayor said. Middletown had the truck in service until the late 1950s, according to the city.
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