{"id":14478,"date":"2013-09-28T06:29:46","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T11:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=14478"},"modified":"2019-11-26T06:35:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T11:35:48","slug":"engine-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/09\/28\/engine-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Engine 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Engine8\"<\/p>\n

My son’s preschool was located a few blocks from Engine 8, and unbeknownst to me, they would visit the station often. Whenever we were in Olde City, I would be led by my son to the station – Lloyd would waltz right in like he owned the place. The guys there were always very sweet to my son, who was obsessed with firetrucks. It was sad when the station was disbanded in 2009, but the fire<\/a> yesterday morning was heartbreaking. This firehouse is referred to as the “Ben Franklin Firehouse” and is considered to be the oldest of it’s kind in America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My son’s preschool was located a few blocks from Engine 8, and unbeknownst to me, they would visit the station often. Whenever we were in Olde City, I would be led by my son to the station – Lloyd would … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,104],"tags":[2813,2812,2811,2814],"class_list":["post-14478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-philadelphia","tag-ben-franklin-firehouse","tag-engine-8","tag-old-city-firehouse","tag-philadelphia-fire"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-3Lw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14158,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/08\/15\/westvilles-independent-fire-company\/","url_meta":{"origin":14478,"position":0},"title":"Westville’s Independent Fire Company","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"August 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This week I am posting three glass negatives shot by John B Capewell of Westville, New Jersey. 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