[quote name='BA000049' date='23 March 2010 - 10:43 AM' timestamp='1269357806' post='371865']
John,
From Al Powell's files.
Bruce
1974 Amer LaFr, 1000 series, canopy cab, 100 ft midmount steel aerial ladder, delvd 3-31-74, 250/250, $80,000, tenth Amer LaFr product purchased by co., housed 6-8-74 in conjunction with 100th Anniv, 14 inch bell mounted on bumper from first ladder truck-1920 Amer LaFr, 350 HP 871 Detroit diesel motor, 5-spd man trans, built from as many local products as possible-Amer LaFr ordered chassis steel-diamond floor plate-All-Grip non-slip metal turntable from Alan Wood Steel Co.-Lee donated six tires-C&D donated batteries-Young windows at Brook Rd and Caldwell Ln finished cab with tinted glass windows-Hale provided 200 gpm booster pump, 6 KW Onan generator, on 11-7-75 in service at large blaze at garment factory on E.7th Av-3 men were on tip of main ladder-heat became so intense turnout gear caught fire and melted paint on truck, re-painted 1986-88 period, in 1991 main ladder refurbed, telescopic stem light mounted on cab roof, in PAFM 7-98 pg 36 offered for sale-negotiable, in Jan/Feb 2000 FIRE APPARATUS pg 31 offered for sale-reduced asked $30,000, in 2002 sold to museum in Lafayette,IN.
[/quote]the ladder was taken off and refurbed in july 1991 at the alf shops in throop,pa.
John,
From Al Powell's files.
Bruce
1974 Amer LaFr, 1000 series, canopy cab, 100 ft midmount steel aerial ladder, delvd 3-31-74, 250/250, $80,000, tenth Amer LaFr product purchased by co., housed 6-8-74 in conjunction with 100th Anniv, 14 inch bell mounted on bumper from first ladder truck-1920 Amer LaFr, 350 HP 871 Detroit diesel motor, 5-spd man trans, built from as many local products as possible-Amer LaFr ordered chassis steel-diamond floor plate-All-Grip non-slip metal turntable from Alan Wood Steel Co.-Lee donated six tires-C&D donated batteries-Young windows at Brook Rd and Caldwell Ln finished cab with tinted glass windows-Hale provided 200 gpm booster pump, 6 KW Onan generator, on 11-7-75 in service at large blaze at garment factory on E.7th Av-3 men were on tip of main ladder-heat became so intense turnout gear caught fire and melted paint on truck, re-painted 1986-88 period, in 1991 main ladder refurbed, telescopic stem light mounted on cab roof, in PAFM 7-98 pg 36 offered for sale-negotiable, in Jan/Feb 2000 FIRE APPARATUS pg 31 offered for sale-reduced asked $30,000, in 2002 sold to museum in Lafayette,IN.
[/quote]the ladder was taken off and refurbed in july 1991 at the alf shops in throop,pa.