[quote name='dcfireman' date='09 December 2009 - 07:49 PM' timestamp='1260404947' post='351661']
Looking south on 14th St. NW to Corcoran St., circa 1979. A 2nd Alarm involved the 1880 vintage John Wesley A.M.E. Church (Formerly St. Andrews), 1615 14th St, NW. It appears Engine Co. 12 supplied eight (!) lines – nine counting the 350’ 1 ½” handline off the wagon.
Some anachronisms of the day include the open-tiller seats thrown clear of the 3-section 100’ Pirsch aerials and the salvage covers thrown on the cab tops of the trucks. The trucks were built open-cab and retrofitted with wooden canopies by the shops after 1968. The lack of roll up windows allowed the ambient water spray in.
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Awesome photos!!!
Looking south on 14th St. NW to Corcoran St., circa 1979. A 2nd Alarm involved the 1880 vintage John Wesley A.M.E. Church (Formerly St. Andrews), 1615 14th St, NW. It appears Engine Co. 12 supplied eight (!) lines – nine counting the 350’ 1 ½” handline off the wagon.
Some anachronisms of the day include the open-tiller seats thrown clear of the 3-section 100’ Pirsch aerials and the salvage covers thrown on the cab tops of the trucks. The trucks were built open-cab and retrofitted with wooden canopies by the shops after 1968. The lack of roll up windows allowed the ambient water spray in.
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Awesome photos!!!