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Post by wardengine on Mar 24, 2008 22:50:11 GMT -5
photos of Ahrens Fox fire apparatus that served outside of schuylkill county
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box2565
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Post by box2565 on Mar 29, 2008 2:56:18 GMT -5
 Chicago, Illinois Engine 60 1919 Ahrens-Fox 750 GPM Model I-K-2 One of 4 purchased. CAPCO photo. This is a perfect photo. Just look at that rig! |
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Post by dwhood on Mar 29, 2008 17:06:14 GMT -5
Lansford's 1937 Fox in the 1940's  |
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Post by dwhood on Mar 29, 2008 17:08:02 GMT -5
Same truck almost 40 years later. The 1937 and the 1949 Foxes were used as front line pieces up til 1982.   |
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Post by dwhood on Mar 29, 2008 17:08:57 GMT -5
Lansford's 1949 Fox  |
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Post by dwhood on Mar 29, 2008 17:11:43 GMT -5
This was a fire across from Lansford's Station on Patterson St. (route 209) The 1924 Fox is at the hydrant. If you look closely, Mickles 51 GMC Rescue is in the background.  |
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Post by dwhood on Mar 29, 2008 17:15:20 GMT -5
Lansford's 1916 Ahrens Fox Steamer on a White Chasis. This piece was used after its retirement to test hose. Until the late 1960's. We sold it to a collector in Mass. and the last we heard he was getting the boiler re-certified.  |
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Post by dwhood on Apr 3, 2008 9:56:45 GMT -5
I found out some interesting information. Apparently Lansford's 1916 Ahrens Fox Steamer was the LAST Steam Pumper produced by Fox. I found only one source so far saying that. Maybe somebody can help confirm it.
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Post by dwhood on Apr 3, 2008 10:40:14 GMT -5
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Post by box2565 on Apr 12, 2008 1:44:00 GMT -5
Cincinnati, Ohio Engine Co. 48 1913 Ahrens-Fox 250 GPM One of 10 purchased. The 48's are on the ramp of their newly opened quarters at 7017 Vine Street in Carthage. This station was the first in Cincinnati to be constructed for motorized apparatus.  |
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Post by box2565 on Oct 29, 2008 17:05:54 GMT -5
Clifton, New Jersey 1924 Ahrens-Fox 75' Aerial Serial #2005 Model: 75-6-1 Richard Adelman photo.  |
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Post by box2565 on Mar 23, 2009 2:08:08 GMT -5
Dayton, Ohio Engine 8 1939 Ahrens-Fox 1000 GPM #9039 Model: EC This series of Ahrens-Fox apparatus was based on a Schacht truck chassis. Notice the Buckeye Roto-Ray warning light, which was made in Dayton, poking up over the cab roof. A beautiful rig with the wood ground ladders and a bell. I have information indicating this rig was wrecked in 1954.  |
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Post by ehass on Apr 4, 2011 18:41:10 GMT -5
Lansford's 1949 Ahrens-Fox was bought used in 1964. It originally served in West Mifflin, PA. It was sold to Art Garabedian in Anaheim, CA, then Bob Fearnehough in Pasadena, CA (I rode on it several times when Bob had it, and even got to pump it once), then Hewy Wick in Hemet, CA. The pump was badly damaged in a fire in Hewy Wick's barn. This Fox now belongs to Bill Dundas, Camarillo, CA, who obtained an identical pump from a junked Ahrens-Fox out of Canton, Ohio and plans to restore it.
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Post by ehass on Apr 4, 2011 18:50:18 GMT -5
Lansford 1937 Ahrens-Fox was also sold to Art Garabedian in Anaheim, CA. It was at Searles Valley Historical Society in Trona, CA, in the Mojave Desert east of Los Angeles. Now at Marconi Automotive Museum in Tustin, CA (SE of Los Angeles) and you can find a fairly recent photo of it at: www.flickr.com/photos/mr38/4448243959/ |
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