Port Reading in Middlesex County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Port Reading Fire Company

Photographed by John A. Lande, May 15, 2023

1. Port Reading Fire Company Marker

Inscription. Port Reading
Fire Company No. 1
District 2
First firehouse circa 1905
New firehouse during
Bowtie Redevelopment 1969
Port Reading First Aid Squad 1970
Addition 2002
Est. 1904

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Charity & Public Work. A significant historical year for this entry is 1904.

Location. 40° 33.957′ N, 74° 15.135′ W. Marker is in Port Reading, New Jersey, in Middlesex County. It is at the intersection of Port Reading Avenue and West Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Port Reading Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 916 West Avenue, Port Reading NJ 07064, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New Jersey’s Central Jersey,

in Greater Princeton,

and in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bowtie (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Hess Oil Refinery (about 600 feet away); Woodbridge Creek (East) Mitigation Area (approx. 0.7 miles away); Basilone Memorial Bridge (approx. ¾ mile away); Sewaren Free Public Library (approx. 0.9 miles away); McMyler Coal Dumper (approx. 0.9 miles away); 510 East Avenue (approx. one mile away); Lawrence Tennant Ballard (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Reading.

Port Reading Fire Company image. Click for full size.

Photographed by John A. Lande, May 15, 2023

2. Port Reading Fire Company

The marker is to the left of the overhead doors.

Photographed by John A. Lande, May 15, 2023

3. Port Reading Fire Company

Credits. This page was last revised on June 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2023, by John A. Lande of Woodbridge, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 310 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 2, 2023, by John A. Lande of Woodbridge, New Jersey. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.