[quote name='firebuff55407' post='240757' date='Aug 23 2008, 18:47 ']...and the ward lafrance disappeared
There was a huge flood in Elmira, NY that affected both American LaFrance and Ward LaFrance fire aopparatus that were being built at that time. The Philly Wards were all out of service by 1980 when I visited Philadelphia. They were already rust buckets because they had been involved in the Elmira flood. They all sat in the PFD yards in 1980 while much older IHC commercial-built apparatus was still in first-line service in Philadelphia. Chicago had the same problem with their American LaFrance pumpers that were also involved in the Elmira flood.
Here are just a few of the 1971 Wards that sat in the PFD yards in 1980, all taken out of service because of premature rusting.[/quote]
where is this photo from? front and hunting park?
There was a huge flood in Elmira, NY that affected both American LaFrance and Ward LaFrance fire aopparatus that were being built at that time. The Philly Wards were all out of service by 1980 when I visited Philadelphia. They were already rust buckets because they had been involved in the Elmira flood. They all sat in the PFD yards in 1980 while much older IHC commercial-built apparatus was still in first-line service in Philadelphia. Chicago had the same problem with their American LaFrance pumpers that were also involved in the Elmira flood.
Here are just a few of the 1971 Wards that sat in the PFD yards in 1980, all taken out of service because of premature rusting.[/quote]
where is this photo from? front and hunting park?
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