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Skip, All those photos coming up next!
Also, always wondered, whats the story behind the heavy duty tubular bumpers on the older rigs? Almost look like a locomotive "cow catcher"!
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Way I heard it told, those are known as 'Bury Bars (as in Roxbury).... they could be used to knock down the fences you always found around the triple deckers to get better access to the fire scene. Don't know if that's an "urban legend", but an old salt Boston FF told me that many moons ago.
Skip, All those photos coming up next!
Also, always wondered, whats the story behind the heavy duty tubular bumpers on the older rigs? Almost look like a locomotive "cow catcher"!
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Way I heard it told, those are known as 'Bury Bars (as in Roxbury).... they could be used to knock down the fences you always found around the triple deckers to get better access to the fire scene. Don't know if that's an "urban legend", but an old salt Boston FF told me that many moons ago.