Jun 24, 2026
1973 Seagrave Pumper P-Series Founded by ladder builder Frederic Seagrave in 1881, the Seagrave Corporation would go on to be the longest continuous builder of fire apparatus in the United States. The first complete apparatus they manufactured would be horse-drawn...
Dec 9, 2019
Seagrave Triple Combination Fire Engine – Vandergrift, PA and ALCOA Fire Brigade Seagrave copied the ideas of the English Fire Service in its design of this fire engine. During the 1920s many English firemen were thrown from their engines in accidents or...
Dec 9, 2019
Seagrave Junior Aerial Truck – Staunton, VA The town of Staunton, Virginia maintained this rig in its original condition. It was a very advanced design – America’s first entirely hydraulically powered aerial with a metal ladder and hydraulic outriggers....
Dec 9, 2019
1955 Seagrave “Anniversary Model” Quad Fire Engine – Oak Lawn, IL Seagrave introduced this engine in 1951, the company’s 75th year of operation, and named it the Anniversary Model. It was intended to compete with American La France’s radical cab...
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...
