Dec 10, 2019
NETCO Hose Truck 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, Massachusetts, built commercial trucks...
Dec 10, 2019
“Jumbo” 1000 GPM Rotary Pumper Ex – 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 the mining...
Dec 9, 2019
Chief’s Buggy Ex – 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 who...
Dec 9, 2019
Model T Fire Engine Ex – Germantown, IL Ford / Howe Model T Pumper. 1918. 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...
Dec 9, 2019
City Service Ladder Truck Ex – 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 apparatus. It built this...
