[quote name='promike' date='23 May 2010 - 08:02 PM' timestamp='1274658165' post='383379']
McAfee NJ - Once home of a Playboy Club , had this black ALF pumper which was donated to them by Playboy . Not sure what year , specs or where abouts ???
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Back in 1970, when Vernon Township and Sussex County NJ was still extremely rural, Hugh Hefner built a hotel resort in McAfee with more than 500 guest rooms on at least 5 floors. This followed the opening of 3 separate ski resorts in the township. I know for a fact that the hotel included a fully equipped casino as the state government promised Hef that he would get the first gaming license outside of Nevada but it never happened. Also a northwest extension of the Garden State Parkway from Bergen County to Port Jervis NY was planned to go close to this site. Our aerial ladder in Butler (24 miles south) was on call for years for any working fire at the hotel at a time when Sussex County only had one aerial which was in Newton about 20 miles west and Warwick NY was actually the closest about 8 miles north. Back then the county population was less than 50,000 and today it is still under 200,000 with a number of farms still operational.
McAfee NJ - Once home of a Playboy Club , had this black ALF pumper which was donated to them by Playboy . Not sure what year , specs or where abouts ???
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Back in 1970, when Vernon Township and Sussex County NJ was still extremely rural, Hugh Hefner built a hotel resort in McAfee with more than 500 guest rooms on at least 5 floors. This followed the opening of 3 separate ski resorts in the township. I know for a fact that the hotel included a fully equipped casino as the state government promised Hef that he would get the first gaming license outside of Nevada but it never happened. Also a northwest extension of the Garden State Parkway from Bergen County to Port Jervis NY was planned to go close to this site. Our aerial ladder in Butler (24 miles south) was on call for years for any working fire at the hotel at a time when Sussex County only had one aerial which was in Newton about 20 miles west and Warwick NY was actually the closest about 8 miles north. Back then the county population was less than 50,000 and today it is still under 200,000 with a number of farms still operational.
Rich Dean, Butler, New Jersey, USA
Member of Kinney Hose Co. 1, Butler Fire Dept. since 1973, Fire Police Officer since 2000
Dispatcher at Butler Police Communications from March 1975 to July 2009
Secretary of North Jersey Volunteer Firemen's Association since 1980
Member of Tri-Boro First Aid Squad (volunteer ems) since 2000 as a driver
Member of many Yahoogroups, owner of some such as:
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Member of Kinney Hose Co. 1, Butler Fire Dept. since 1973, Fire Police Officer since 2000
Dispatcher at Butler Police Communications from March 1975 to July 2009
Secretary of North Jersey Volunteer Firemen's Association since 1980
Member of Tri-Boro First Aid Squad (volunteer ems) since 2000 as a driver
Member of many Yahoogroups, owner of some such as:
[post="0"]FirematicEvents Yahoogroup[/post]the place to for listing and discussion of any event by a public safety organization.
[post="0"]RailfanEvents Yahoogroup[/post]
[post="0"]Railpics Yahoogroup[/post]
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