Maryland photo's

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One of the 40 or so rigs built by the F. L. Anderson Company in Baltimore during the 1940's to 1960's was this large enclosed 4 door pumper for Jessup in Anne Arundel County. The small pump is almost lost mounted just above the bumper. The full width custom built body had full height side compartment doors on the officers side with a rear opening door for the hard sleeves on the drivers side as well as a partialy enclosed overhaead ladder rack. There was no rear step as everyone rode inside, a feature that was not standard in the fire service for another 50 years. The chrome box on top of the Federal Signal siren was a motor to ocilate the light back and forth. This photo was taken during delivery in February 1941. The next month in late March, the rig collided with a oil tank truck and burned never to be rebuilt. No one was seriously hurt, owing no doubt to the enclosed cab. This is one of many old photos recently given to me by the owner of F. L. Anderson Company.