Frank,
Additional info on the Christiana rigs:
1923 Ruggles/Hale, 500 GPM, purchased for $5,200, delivered 10/23/23, Type D. The chassis was scrapped in 1935.
1934 White/Hale/U.S. Fire Apparatus, full cab, 500 GPM, used the pump off of the 1923 unit, still in service in 1965.
1942 Autocar/U.S. Fire Apparatus, full cab, 500/500, still in service in 1970, might have been sold to Galeton (Potter County). Last seen on Rt. 115 in New Buffalo.
1958 International V200/TASC, full cab, 750/1000, in service 10/58, gas motor, 4-speed manual transmission. It was refurbed in 1983 with the pump being rebuilt, a new tank, and new pump panels. It was sold in 1989 to a fire company in MS. By 2006, owned by a collector in MA.
1969 Dodge Power Wagon 300/Hahn, 4X4 sidestep pickup, 160/120, repainted in 2000 by Apple Sales, a used car dealership in the borough.
1981 International S1900/4-Guys, full cab, 450 PTO/2500 stainless steel elliptical tanker, 446 CI gas motor, 234 HP, 5-speed/2-speed rear manual transmission. Housed 7/11/81. It was sold to Strasburg Fire Company (Lancaster County, PA) in 1991 who replaced it in 2000 and sold it to Northeast Fire Apparatus for $17,000 who sold it to the Bean County Fire Department, Nemahah, KS.
Additional info on the Christiana rigs:
1923 Ruggles/Hale, 500 GPM, purchased for $5,200, delivered 10/23/23, Type D. The chassis was scrapped in 1935.
1934 White/Hale/U.S. Fire Apparatus, full cab, 500 GPM, used the pump off of the 1923 unit, still in service in 1965.
1942 Autocar/U.S. Fire Apparatus, full cab, 500/500, still in service in 1970, might have been sold to Galeton (Potter County). Last seen on Rt. 115 in New Buffalo.
1958 International V200/TASC, full cab, 750/1000, in service 10/58, gas motor, 4-speed manual transmission. It was refurbed in 1983 with the pump being rebuilt, a new tank, and new pump panels. It was sold in 1989 to a fire company in MS. By 2006, owned by a collector in MA.
1969 Dodge Power Wagon 300/Hahn, 4X4 sidestep pickup, 160/120, repainted in 2000 by Apple Sales, a used car dealership in the borough.
1981 International S1900/4-Guys, full cab, 450 PTO/2500 stainless steel elliptical tanker, 446 CI gas motor, 234 HP, 5-speed/2-speed rear manual transmission. Housed 7/11/81. It was sold to Strasburg Fire Company (Lancaster County, PA) in 1991 who replaced it in 2000 and sold it to Northeast Fire Apparatus for $17,000 who sold it to the Bean County Fire Department, Nemahah, KS.
Bruce W. Anderson
Historian
Southeastern PA Region
Historian
Southeastern PA Region