More from Steve Redick:

Here is the next installment. Details about FD dispatch and operations as well as a great two-page spread of the overall scene showing all the Ahrens Fox pumpers drafting. A one-of-a-kind historical event. … there’s still more to come

Grain Elevator Conflagration of 1939

Grain Elevator Conflagration of 1939

Grain Elevator Conflagration of 1939

Grain Elevator Conflagration of 1939

Grain Elevator Conflagration of 1939

Grain Elevator Conflagration of 1939

Grain Elevator Conflagration of 1939

Grain Elevator Conflagration of 1939

historic photo showing Chicago FD Ahrens Fox pumpers at a huge fire

Chicago FD Ahrens Fox engines pumping at the Grain Elevator Conflagration of 1939