This from Wayne Stewart:
The Gary Fire Department operated this 1959 Maxim “S” model pumper Serial #2165 assigned to Engine Co. No.12. It had a 1,000-gpm pump, a 300-gal. booster tank, and a 100-gal. foam tank. It also carried the following ladders; a 35′, a 24′, a 14′ roof ladder, and 10′ roof ladder. Engine 12 was put in service as a new company in 1959 in a new firehouse.
From The Collection of Wayne Stuart
#1 by Julie Couch on April 5, 2017 - 8:49 AM
I am doing my family tree on Ancestry web site. I have several generations of family that lived and worked in the steel mills at the turn of the century but can find nearly zero results of birth/death/ marriage certificates etc. Beginning to think they were destroyed in a fire but can’t verify that either. I kinda recall mention of this from my childhood?
#2 by CrabbyMilton on March 17, 2017 - 7:27 AM
Very nice! At least here in the Milwaukee area there were virtually no MAXIM’s. If you look quickly, you could mistake it for a PIRSCH but there’s is no mistaken that MAXIM nose.