Dec 10, 2019
1916 New England Truck Company (NETCO) Engine Museum member and volunteer Jeff Trevas recently donated his nicely restored one of a kind New England Truck Company hose truck once used by the fire department of Worcester, Massachusetts. NETCO, of Fitchburg,...
Dec 10, 2019
1914 “Jumbo” 1000 GPM Robinson Rotary Pumper – Gila Bend AZ FD In October of 1998 the Hall of Flame received a rare Robinson fire engine on loan from the town of Gila Bend, Arizona. The rig was purchased from the St. Louis manufacturer in 1915 by...
Dec 9, 2019
Brush Chief’s Buggy – Owensville, IN The Fire Chief of the Owensville, Indiana Volunteers used this 900 pound runabout as his official vehicle until about 1920. Local legend has it that he was passed while on his way to a fire by a young boy on a bicycle...
Dec 9, 2019
1918 Ford/Howe Model T Fire Engine – Germantown, IL The Howe Fire Apparatus Company adapted its fire pump and booster tank to a Ford Model T chassis for several hundred of these modest little pumpers for the U.S. Army in World War I. This one went as surplus in...
Dec 9, 2019
1920 Kissel / Seagrave City Service Ladder Truck – Hartford, WI Kissel / Seagrave Ladder Truck. 1920. Although it specialized in sporty automobiles, the Kissel Motor Car Company of Hartford, Wisconsin also built an extensive line of trucks, including fire...
