by Museum Admin | Dec 9, 2019
Asa La France patented the design for this “spring assist” aerial in 1903. Originally built to be pulled by horses, the design was adapted to motorized tractors and was manufactured until about 1940. Because of its long wheel base it is steered... 
by Museum Admin | Dec 9, 2019
Mamaroneck, New York bought this Type 10 La France engine in 1918. It retains its original Champion chemical tank, but its original hard rubber tires have been replaced by modern pneumatics. The rig was refurbished by a gentleman named Russell who used it in parades... 
by Museum Admin | Dec 9, 2019
American La France built this “junior” fire engine for the volunteers of Paxton, Illinois. Equipped with a rotary pump rated at 350 gallons of water per minute, as well as 800 feet of hose, a forty gallon chemical tank with a couple of hundred feet of... 
by Museum Admin | Dec 9, 2019
The Brockway Truck Company of Cortland, New York built a few fire trucks such as this light duty rig purchased by the town of Kutztown, Pennsylvania. It was restored in 1985 by Don Hale. Few commercial truck makers built fire equipment because it couldn’t be... 
by Museum Admin | Dec 9, 2019
This English engine employs a novel three cylinder piston pump that was used on English fire engines as late as 1940. It was sold to the city of Lima, Peru in 1920, where it joined the International Engine Company 14. Retired in 1957, it came to the United States in...