This from Larry Shapiro for #TBT
Oakbrook Terrace classic 85′ Pitman Snorkel on a conventional GMC chassis with a Pierce body
Larry Shapiro photo
Archive for category Historic fire apparatus
Oakbrook Terrace FPD history
Jun 18
As seen around … Blue Island
Jun 17
This from Mike Summa for #TBT:
For TBT- An Ahrens Fox of a unknown age doing what it does best. Does the green light mean it represents a Chicago Fire Truck? I do not know. Please respond. Photo taken in Blue Island at a fire truck/auto show in the early 1990’s.Mike Summa
Mike Summa photo
This from Mike Summa for #TBT:
For TBT- Tinley Park Eng. 203, a 1973 Hendrickson/Darley 1000/500. Rehabbed in 1988 as shown.Mike Summa
Mike Summa photo
Karl Klotz photo
This from Steve Redick:
3-11 Alarm fire in Chicago 11-21-63
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More Cicero Fire Department history from the files of Joseph Salerno:
from the files of Joseph Salerno
from the files of Joseph Salerno
from the files of Joseph Salerno
This from Mike Summa for #TBT:
For TBT-Crete Fire Dept.’s E708, a 1982 Hendrickson/FMC 1500/750.Mike Summa
Mike Summa photo
and one more shot from the archives of Larry Shapiro
Larry Shapiro photo
This from Wayne Stuart for #TBT:
The Holbrook Volunteer Fire Department operated this 19?? Ford/Intercoastal pumper. It had a 500-GPM pump and a 500-gallon tank.wayne stuart
Wayne Stuart photo
This from Steve Redick:
an undated clipping from the Chicago Tribune showing a Chicago FD demonstration of apparatus, equipment , and the fire boats
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This from Mike Summa for #TBT:
For T BT-The Markham Fire Dept.’s E53, a 1964 IHC/? 750/800. It was replaced in 1984 with a Ford C/E-One 750/500 as E1531.Mike Summa
Mike Summa photo
Mike Summa photo
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.
Old Custom Cruisers photo
Old Custom Cruisers photo
Old Custom Cruisers photo
thanks Dennis
