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[quote name='tascman' timestamp='1296421905' post='422829']Baltimore, MD Engine # 59 was this neat Ward LaFrance pumper. Loaded for bear![/quote]



This rig originally was one of the high pressure hose companies that served the high value districts downtown. Only two were equipped with pumps. When the hose companies were disbanded in the mid 70s, two of the companies were organized into engine companies, #1 & # 59. (Engine 1 was always the rescue squad. When it was renamed as "Rescue 1" around 1970, Baltimore was without an "Engine 1" until the hose companies were disbanded.) Engine 59 operated as the satellite engine to the water tower.