by Museum Admin | Sep 15, 2020
by hallofflame2019 | 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 hallofflame2019 | Dec 10, 2019
The earliest motorized American fire engines, which appeared around 1910, used an engine called the T-Head: a single row of four to six pistons were cast in sets of two in the shape of a large “T”. One side of the T contained valves for the fuel intake, and the... 
by hallofflame2019 | Dec 10, 2019
This engine was delivered to the Volunteer Fire Department of Pullman, Washington, where it was in first line service until 1961, when it was placed out of service and sold to a retired Pullman firefighter. He used it in parades for about thirty years. It was sold... 
by hallofflame2019 | Dec 9, 2019
The town of Norfolk, Nebraska used this engine from 1935 until the 1960s. It was American La France’s largest engine, with a mighty V-12 engine capable of generating almost 250 horsepower. Top speed is over 60 miles per hour. Its 1250 gpm rotary pump sits directly...