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Thanks Frank.
That looks like the 1926 Albany NY ALF WT currently on display at the NYS Museum in Albany.
Type 17 tractor, six cylinder 105 hp gas engine, chain drive. Register # 5737 on the tractor, #15 on the 65' Hale water tower, 1100 gpm on the tower, 550 gpm on each of two deck pipes, 165' vertical stream developed during acceptance testing on Nov 27, 1926. 12 2-1/2 inlet connections.
On the trailer bed is the chemical tank used for raising the tower.
50' long, 7-1/2' wide, 12' high. It was too long for the streets of Albany so it wasn't used all that much and sat unused from 1940 to 1972 when it went to the museum.
Here's a pic of what it looked like coming at you straight on.
Thanks Frank.
That looks like the 1926 Albany NY ALF WT currently on display at the NYS Museum in Albany.
Type 17 tractor, six cylinder 105 hp gas engine, chain drive. Register # 5737 on the tractor, #15 on the 65' Hale water tower, 1100 gpm on the tower, 550 gpm on each of two deck pipes, 165' vertical stream developed during acceptance testing on Nov 27, 1926. 12 2-1/2 inlet connections.
On the trailer bed is the chemical tank used for raising the tower.
50' long, 7-1/2' wide, 12' high. It was too long for the streets of Albany so it wasn't used all that much and sat unused from 1940 to 1972 when it went to the museum.
Here's a pic of what it looked like coming at you straight on.