This from Fred McCahey:
Here are a few pics found on the internet of what might be Truck 8 & Truck 10. Pics by Don Feipel from illinoisfiretrucks.com where there are a lot of good photos, especially in the Down Memory Lane folder.
Mack Magirus ladder. Don Feipel photo
CFD Truck 10, Mack Magirus ladder. Don Feipel photo
This from Mike Summa:
Hello,Here is a picture of either a 1959 or 1960 Mack/Magirus RM. Found this in the late 1970s, at a motel in Calumet Park. Hope that you enjoy,Mike S.
Mack Magirus aerial ladder from Chicago. Mike Summa photo
More on the history of turret wagons in the Chicago Fire Department.
This from Steve Redick
I was surfing through my collection..kinda bored cause I haven’t shot any fire photos in a while. I found this shot and thought I would share it because it’s relevant to our recent turret wagon photos. I am not sure of the source of this photo..might be a CFD negative..I do know it is not one I took. A few interesting things to see…truck 2 is using an old Mack magirus and you can see how they had to use a ground ladder to ascend to the main ladder…really gotta wonder what the designers were thinking there…and ya gotta wonder even more why the heck did CFD buy these??!!!!??? Prominently in the photo is the original “Big Mo”..turret wagon with lots of lines hooked up and sporting the CD paint job of white over blue. This thing changed paint schemes like a chameleon changes colors.The other detail I could pick out was what I remember as snorkel 4…it had a stripping ladder mounted on the boom, easily accessible from the basket. Snorkels weren’t just elevated master streams..before tower ladders they did lots of regular truck work too. The fire is downtown somewhere and I estimate the time frame as the mid 70s..anyone recognize this location??
This stuff is way cool…any comments will be shared!!
Steve
Turret Wagon Big Mo at work at a large fire in Chicago. Photographer unknown.
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