Thanks for the tip Hawkins Point and feuerwehr75. I know Hawkins will appreciate this photo:
In 1932, Washington DC took delivery on a 65’ water tower, the last one produced by Seagrave. This particular piece of apparatus was also Seagraves’s last chain drive. The wide fantail on this rig made it a “flying-wedge” a decade ahead of the 700-series ALF apparatus. Assigned shop number S-13, it ran from the quarters of Truck Co. 3, 1018 13th St. NW. WT-1 was a two-piece company that responded with the tower, hose tender and a four-man crew. DC began to purchase metal aerial ladders in 1938 and had a dozen within ten years, rendering the water tower obsolete. WT-1 disbanded in the early 1950’s and the apparatus was scrapped in 1956.
The image is Pennsylvania Ave at 14th St. NW, c.1947. Photographer unknown
Kevin Byrne