[quote name='firemanst691' date='06 June 2010 - 03:13 PM' timestamp='1275853980' post='385765']
Is there a chance i could get a hi-resolution scan of a few of them pictures. I got a copy of the one from New Ken 2 and the one off of this website and were comparing them, and they look like the exact same picture. But the big issue is that both pictures have different truck and company names written underneath them. The one on this site says, Tarentum, Apollo, Vandergrift #1, Vandergrift #2, and Tarentum. The one at No. 2 goes Turtle Creek, Apollo, Vandergrift (George McMurty), Vandergrift Heights, and Parnassus. The reason i am asking is that i am trying to do a history project from the tri-city area, so i am trying to get it right. Thanks!!!!!
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I can verify three off them.
1- Apollo Hose Company # 2 is the second one in and is properly marked.
2- Next to it, on the right, is George G. McMurtry Vandergrift No. 1
3- Next to it, on the right, is Vandergrift # 2... this is clearly idenitifiable due to the eagle being on the ball (the only one like that in the area that the "old timers" know of).
As far as Turtle Creek and Pernassus??? IDK. I know that TC has a newer AF that they still have and that one in your photo looks nothing like it. As far as Pernassus, you may be onto something. I hear that was taken in front of Highland Hose's station in Tarentum so maybe a local historian might be able to help. We have a hi-res version of the 4 parked in front with the names of them on it.
PM me or email me so that I can make some arrangements to get it to you!
Scott
Is there a chance i could get a hi-resolution scan of a few of them pictures. I got a copy of the one from New Ken 2 and the one off of this website and were comparing them, and they look like the exact same picture. But the big issue is that both pictures have different truck and company names written underneath them. The one on this site says, Tarentum, Apollo, Vandergrift #1, Vandergrift #2, and Tarentum. The one at No. 2 goes Turtle Creek, Apollo, Vandergrift (George McMurty), Vandergrift Heights, and Parnassus. The reason i am asking is that i am trying to do a history project from the tri-city area, so i am trying to get it right. Thanks!!!!!
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I can verify three off them.
1- Apollo Hose Company # 2 is the second one in and is properly marked.
2- Next to it, on the right, is George G. McMurtry Vandergrift No. 1
3- Next to it, on the right, is Vandergrift # 2... this is clearly idenitifiable due to the eagle being on the ball (the only one like that in the area that the "old timers" know of).
As far as Turtle Creek and Pernassus??? IDK. I know that TC has a newer AF that they still have and that one in your photo looks nothing like it. As far as Pernassus, you may be onto something. I hear that was taken in front of Highland Hose's station in Tarentum so maybe a local historian might be able to help. We have a hi-res version of the 4 parked in front with the names of them on it.
PM me or email me so that I can make some arrangements to get it to you!
Scott
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