Ward LaFrance Ultravision

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[quote name='fsw1970' post='94361' date='Apr 4 2007, 07:52 ']Ok I'm anal about things Steve;can you tell me when THFD bought this ladder, and was it in frontline service or used just as a reserve?[/quote]



I was in Terre Haute on October 6, 1989 and the WLF aerial was in front line service at the firehouse on the east side of Downtown. The ladder was the only company operating out of the station at the time and even though a picture would have been fairly easy I wasn't able to persuade anyone to get behind the wheel. I'm not sure how long THFD had owned the ladder at that point. The 1959 Maxim was at Station 9 where it was being kept as a spare. Much friendlier crew there so at least I have a picture of the Maxim in the bad paint job.



Here is the aerial that New Albany kept. I've been up for almost 24 hours and I'm too tired to walk down stairs and look up the date on this photo, but it was about July of 1999.



New Albany, Indiana Ladder 2

1973 Ward LaFrance

100' Aerial

#80-1646

Steve Hagy photo.