the Michigan Firehouse Museum, in a restored firehouse in Ypsilanti’s historic Depot Town

Their Fire Truck Muster will be Saturday, AUGUST 20TH, 2016 from 10 to 3 pm.



With exhibits of antique fire trucks and early fire rigs, multiple displays of historic artifacts including tools, equipment, memorabilia and the largest collection of fire truck bells in the country.

http://www.michiganfirehousemuseum.org/
https://www.facebook.com/Michigan-Firehouse-Museum-100867623291274/

Navy Crash Truck USN 274996 as a 1954 Walter-Maxim

http://georgedennis.blogspot.com/2013/12/walter-snow-fighters-and-motor-trucks.html

San Jose Fire Dept historical photos thanks to Phil!

http://sanjosefirefighters.org/dsp/slideshow.cfm?catid=0%202-Logging

Springfield, Massachusetts Knox/P.E. Cleary fire engine

interesting double tires on the rims.

http://yngfire.com/index.php/topic,1331.0.html?PHPSESSID=5f814bd7ace5015f0d8843d226f3ba09

New York's first piece of motorized fire fighting apparatus, 1909 Knox hose wagon

http://yngfire.com/index.php/topic,1331.0.html?PHPSESSID=5f814bd7ace5015f0d8843d226f3ba09

interesting variety of fire fighting vehicles that the Oldwick Fire Dept has had

http://ofc24.com/our-history/vehicles/

a bit unusual for a fire truck pumper, a 1964 International Harvester ladder truck without a roof

This truck was parked in the firehouse ‘dining room’ as the firehouse engine bays were used by the pumper and brush trucks. The design included an open cab and front pump mount.

http://ofc24.com/our-history/vehicles/
http://yngfire.com/index.php/topic,9596.15.html

Old White at the Oldwick Fire Department

A prototype for a never-produced line of custom apparatus by Custom Body Service of Plainfield, New Jersey. This highly streamlined pumper was built on a White truck chassis. The front-mounted warning light is built into the hood of the truck.

 It bears some resemblance to the Seagrave 70th Anniversary Series, which was introduced in 1951.

The front assembly of the Monarch actually was cut from a diesel locomotive and incorporated into the body of the apparatus, this proved to be too costly to get into production, and no others were made

The body was built at Gold Crest in Dunellen NJ. This construction arrangement was at a significant savings to Ward and LaFrance options. Dan Coughlin who oversaw the truck construction, drove to Chicago to pick up the truck pump in order to expedite construction.

It was refurbed in the 1980s to be a tanker, but now is just parade duty ready

http://ofc24.com/apparatus/
http://ofc24.com/our-history/vehicles/
http://yngfire.com/index.php/topic,9596.15.html