Frank & Tom,
Additional info on:
Pomeroy
1937 Autocar R-series/U.S. Fire Apparatus, open cab, 500/200. It cost $5,600, narrow front bumper with center dip, low flat one piece windshield, pump in open area behind seat and under body, contoured rear fenders, Autocar Blue Streak six cylinder motor, light duty chassis, ordered 7/37, delvd 11/37, housed 8/38. In 1964 it was traded in to Hahn. Last seen in a field near Hamburg, PA.
Valley Forge
1953 GMC/John Bean, full cab, 600/750. It was housed on 10/24/53 at a cost of $9,500, welded steel full-width body, only high pressure apparatus in county when new, 6 cylinder motor. In 1978 the chassis was replaced with a 1978 Ford F-700.
West End od Phoenixville
1972 Mack CF-611-F12, canopy cab, 1250/500, 2.7 KW generator, delivered 12/1/72. Donated to Noxen Fire Company (Wyoming County) in 1/99. Noxen sold it in 2005 to a fire company in TN.
Additional info on:
Pomeroy
1937 Autocar R-series/U.S. Fire Apparatus, open cab, 500/200. It cost $5,600, narrow front bumper with center dip, low flat one piece windshield, pump in open area behind seat and under body, contoured rear fenders, Autocar Blue Streak six cylinder motor, light duty chassis, ordered 7/37, delvd 11/37, housed 8/38. In 1964 it was traded in to Hahn. Last seen in a field near Hamburg, PA.
Valley Forge
1953 GMC/John Bean, full cab, 600/750. It was housed on 10/24/53 at a cost of $9,500, welded steel full-width body, only high pressure apparatus in county when new, 6 cylinder motor. In 1978 the chassis was replaced with a 1978 Ford F-700.
West End od Phoenixville
1972 Mack CF-611-F12, canopy cab, 1250/500, 2.7 KW generator, delivered 12/1/72. Donated to Noxen Fire Company (Wyoming County) in 1/99. Noxen sold it in 2005 to a fire company in TN.
Bruce W. Anderson
Historian
Southeastern PA Region
Historian
Southeastern PA Region