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This fro Mike Summa for #TBT:

For TBT-This is the Homewood Fire Dept.’s 1961 FWD/Pierce 1000-0-65′ Snorkel.

Mike Summa

Mike Summa photo

Tags: #TBT, 65' Pitman Snorkel, Homewood Fire Department history, Homewood Fire Dept.'s 1961 FWD/Pierce 1000-0-65' Snorkel, Mike Summa, throw back thursday, throwbackthursday

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10 Comments

• #1 by cs on June 30, 2019 - 11:39 AM

  

  Does the fire museum of chicago still own the steger snorkel

• #2 by Admin on June 29, 2019 - 11:47 AM

  

  we can do a great #TBT of all the Snorkels mentioned if people submit photos …

• #3 by wayne stuart on June 29, 2019 - 9:21 AM

  

  At one time Division 24 had numerous Snorkels in service. Calumet City, Riverdale, Harvey, Oak Forest, Tinley Park, Homewood, South Holland and Munster.

• #4 by MABAS 21 on June 28, 2019 - 3:59 PM

  

  Ah, I forgot Steger and Riverdale. Thanks

• #5 by Brian on June 28, 2019 - 12:44 PM

  

  Riverdale had a snorkel as well. Believe they had an 85 footer.

  Also South Holland had a snorkel

• #6 by DaveyB on June 27, 2019 - 8:45 PM

  

  MABAS 21, throw Steger in the mix. Homewood and Steger had 65-footers, don’t recall Tinley’s, thinking 65, also. Harvey’s was an 85′ with a 1000 gpm pump.

• #7 by MABAS 21 on June 27, 2019 - 8:03 AM

  

  And of course the newer Cincinnati Cab Ex Geneva/Frankfort/Robbins Snorkel.

• #8 by MABAS 21 on June 27, 2019 - 8:00 AM

  

  Never knew Homewood had one of these. Tinley and Harvey had very similar Snorkels.

• #9 by CrabbyMilton on June 27, 2019 - 7:43 AM

  

  Those were good chassis for apparatus and they did a good job of distinguishing it from their partner SEAGRAVE.

• #10 by Mike hellmuth on June 27, 2019 - 7:33 AM

  

  I believe this snorkel sat in a field with old farm tractors trucks etc across from a farm on route 45 about 5 miles south of Frankfort illinois .I think it’s gone now. It was in rough shape

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