Ex City of Lower Burrell No. 3 Engine 2. A 1954 Mack B- Model with a 750 gpm Hale pump. This served until 2007 and was bought by a collector in 2007. Rick Wenskoski photo.
Ed Saliba Jr.
1st Assistant Chief
City of New Kensington Bureau of Fire
I.S.O. Class 4 Department
May I say, WOW!!!!! Not only is the rig a relic, the fire company is no more. Marion's fire station has been "restored" outside, and from my info it closed in the 1970's. I happened across the station by accident while EMS12 was driving, and I looked way back. It is tucked in beside the "opera house" I think. My info about this rig says it is a 1970 Chevrolet X-Palmer Municipal. I have nothing more about it.
Listed below is the info on all of the Kinzer units posted.
Bruce
1948 Reo/John Bean, full cab, 275 gallon tank with a small 3 cylinder piston type Deming high-pressure pump. It went into service in 5/48. The pump was installed and the body was built by J. Harvey Spahr-a Reo dealer in Manhiem. It was sold to a apple orchard for use as a tree sprayer in 1968.
1962 Ford C850 Super Duty/Central, full cab, 750/500. Purchased new for $16,349. It was delivered 4/12/62, housed 5/20/78. It was sold to a St. Louis area dealer-John’s Trucks in 1980.
1955 Maxim, full cab, 750/880. Purchased used from Deep River, Ct. (Middlesex County) in 1968. It was later donated to the Lancaster County Fire School in 1986. In 1997 it was still there. Company got it back in 11/2004.
1963 International C-1300/Harwick, full cab, enclosed walk-in 4X4 equipment unit, 5 KW Onan generator. Purchased used from the Gap Fire Company (Lancaster County) in 1977 for $6,402.70. Housed 5/20/78. It was sold in 1986 to Honesdale (Wayne County) were it is used as a water rescue unit. It was repainted by Gap prior to being sold to Kinzer. Repainted by Honesdale to all red.
1968 International Fleetstar F-2010/Heil, full cab, 750/3300, stainless steel elliptical tandem axle tanker, pump
driven by a 90 HP air cooled Deitz diesel, 549 CI gas motor, 5-speed manual transmission. It was purchased used from the Gap Fire Company (Lancaster County). Housed 5/20/78. It was sold in 1991 to Hacks Point (Cecil County, MD), where the cab was repainted red.