by Museum Admin | Sep 15, 2020
by Museum Admin | Dec 10, 2019
Ahrens Fox engineers designed a cab forward engine late in 1957 to compete with those of the two other builders of this type of apparatus – Crown and American La France. Ahrens Fox made only a few of this new design before being absorbed by Mack Trucks in... 
by Museum Admin | Dec 10, 2019
The volunteers of Baldwin, New York put this Model 700 aerial truck into service in their Long Island town in 1955. Twenty years later they sold it to the town of Lynnfield, Massachusetts. In 2000 the town of Lynnfield donated the truck to the Hall of Flame. Its 45... 
by Museum Admin | Dec 10, 2019
During the 1930s many cities couldn’t afford Mack’s pricey line of first class fire engines. In 1938 Mack introduced a new line of affordable “District” fire engines. Although based on a rugged Mack chassis, the Model 45 used a competent but lower priced... 
by Museum Admin | Dec 10, 2019
We are indebted to the members of the West End Fire Company of Stowe, Pennsylvania for the donation of their carefully maintained 1948 Buffalo custom saloon cab fire engine in December of 2007. Museum volunteer Mark Kauffman, who grew up near the Company, convinced...