Archive for May 10th, 2020

Vintage 4-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 7-28-63

May 10

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This from Steve Redick

4-11 Alarm fire at 4720 N Marine Drive July 28, 1963

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New engine for Argonne National Labs FD (more)

May 10

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From the Legacy Fire Apparatus Facebook page:

“Protecting World Class Science Since 1946”

As the Argonne National Laboratory works to create a COVID-19 vaccine, we work to help protect their facilities.

Thank you, to the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory for your trust in Sutphen and Legacy Fire Apparatus.

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Drawing of a new Sutphen fire engine for the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois.

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Chicago Fire Department history

May 10

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Here is a link to the website of Old Custom Cruisers, a car club in Bristol, Tennessee which owns two Ahrens-Fox pumpers; one from Chicago and one from Maywood, Illinois.

This 750-GPM Ahrens Fox pumper (piston), Model: IM-2 was built for Chicago Fire Department 7 and was stationed in the Stockyard area of Chicago. It was manufactured in 1921 and delivered in 1922.

Hours on Pumper: 750 gal @ 120 lbs for 6 hrs, 375 gal @ 200 lbs for 4 hrs, 250 gal @ 250 lbs for 2 hrs

Engine Details: 6 cylinder engine, 2 plugs per cylinder, duel ignition system, magneto & distributor, 3 speed manual transmission, gas, up draft carburetor, mechanical brakes, spring suspension.

The “Ball”, or the pulsation chamber, reduces the throbbing of the stream as it ejects from the nozzle. The tall chamber on the front retained the vacuum on the intake side of the pump. With minor variation, the style of this pump did not change from 1915 to 1952.