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Gravenut74, if you are talking about the 1949 Seagrave, you are probably right that it ended up at a scap yard somewhere. After it was done as a reserve rig, it was used by the fire academy for a while, then it sat up on top of the hill with all the other old rigs. The county sure got their money's worth out of that truck.
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The Seagrave started life running from Station 6, Dundalk, until the new Towson station complex was built in 1955. It also spent time at Middle River Station 12, but I can't remember if it ran as 12 or as 15 since it went there after that station opened. I think Chief Dietz went to the County Council each year and said that he needed to replace a 1949 ladder truck at whatever station, when in reality it was the same 1949 Seagrave he moved around as new stations opened.
Gravenut74, if you are talking about the 1949 Seagrave, you are probably right that it ended up at a scap yard somewhere. After it was done as a reserve rig, it was used by the fire academy for a while, then it sat up on top of the hill with all the other old rigs. The county sure got their money's worth out of that truck.
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The Seagrave started life running from Station 6, Dundalk, until the new Towson station complex was built in 1955. It also spent time at Middle River Station 12, but I can't remember if it ran as 12 or as 15 since it went there after that station opened. I think Chief Dietz went to the County Council each year and said that he needed to replace a 1949 ladder truck at whatever station, when in reality it was the same 1949 Seagrave he moved around as new stations opened.
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