[quote name='tascman' timestamp='1324074058' post='467484']This Brockway pumper served Linwood, PA. I think that this rig is part of the South Jersey Firemen's Museum operated by Whitey Swartz. Mattson Collection <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/usa.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Scott,
You would be correct. Originally from Linwood #1. See below.
Bruce
1939 Brockway, open cab, 200/105, 1-1/2 ton chassis, which cost $1,500. The equipment was removed from the 1929 Paige chassis. On 10/3/46, it responded to Marcus Hook for a fire at the Sun Refinary – explosion, killed three fireman, engine was damaged for $1,000, It was sold to the Edgemont Fire Company (Delaware County) in 1948 For $3,000. It was retired in 1971. By 2001, it was at the Firefighters Museum of South Jersey – Pleasantville, NJ.
' /> [/quote]Scott,
You would be correct. Originally from Linwood #1. See below.
Bruce
1939 Brockway, open cab, 200/105, 1-1/2 ton chassis, which cost $1,500. The equipment was removed from the 1929 Paige chassis. On 10/3/46, it responded to Marcus Hook for a fire at the Sun Refinary – explosion, killed three fireman, engine was damaged for $1,000, It was sold to the Edgemont Fire Company (Delaware County) in 1948 For $3,000. It was retired in 1971. By 2001, it was at the Firefighters Museum of South Jersey – Pleasantville, NJ.
Bruce W. Anderson
Historian
Southeastern PA Region
Historian
Southeastern PA Region
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