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| 2009 - Assembly of all active career line apparatus - B/C Car, 5 Engines, 1 Truck, 2 Rescues - Photo by Capt. Ron Desroches |
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| 1915 article from The New Haven Evening Register (courtesy of Clark Hurlburt) |
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In 1915, the Whitneyville Fire Association purchased this brand new Maxim triple combination pumping engine for $5,500. The apparatus was built on a Thomas Flyer chassis. Even though Mt. Carmel had a Ford roadster to pull its hose cart as early as 1913, the 1915 Maxim was Hamden's first motorized fire apparatus. It was considered a triple "combination" pumper because it had a 500 GPM rotary gear pump, it carried hose, and it also was a chemical truck, as can be seen by the transversely mounted tanks behind the driver's seat.
This 1915 Maxim also had the distinction of being the Maxim Company's first motorized pumping engine, as noted by author Walter McCall in his 1976 book, American Fire Engines Since 1900, (Crestline Publications, Inc., Glen Ellyn, IL: 1976).
Whitneyville also acquired a chemical truck from the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. in 1915. It was built on a 1910 Locomobile chassis. Winchester's "powder farm" represented a large portion of the area along Putnam Avenue in those days, and Winchester donated the Locomobile chemical truck for use on smaller grass and brush fires so that Whitneyville's new Maxim pumper would be reserved "for graver emergencies."
Until recently, it was thought that Whitneyville's 1915 Maxim was turned over to Dunbar Hill Co. 8 when Hamden bought a new Maxim 750 GPM pumper for Whitneyville Co. 3 in 1928. But it was Whitneyville's 1910 Locomobile that went to Dunbar Hill. The fate of Whitneyville's 1915 Maxim is as yet unknown.
(Notation revised 10/18/09 - DGJ)
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Pictured on the front ramp at Station 5 in Mt. Carmel are a 1930 Maxim 600 GPM rotary gear pumper and a 1921 Packard Twin-6 "Fire Patrol" wagon. The Mt. Carmel Volunteer Fire Co. was organized on November 8, 1911. The company built the fire station in 1925 and it opened in January of 1926.
Starting with only one paid driver back then, career personnel have been stationed at the Mt. Carmel station ever since. The first paid driver in Mt. Carmel was Al Purce. Purce was one of the first two paid captains in 1942. He was assigned fire marshal duties in 1944, and became the Department's full time Marshal in 1949. Before the Hamden Fire Department was created in 1925, the duties of fire marshal fell to the First Selectman.
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| Sid Trower at Station 3 at the wheel of the 1926 Maxim 500 GPM rotary gear pumper (Photo courtesy of Joe McDermott) |
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| 1939 - The 1928 Maxim 750 on Putnam Avenue next to Station 3 (Photo by G. Donald Steele) |
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| Winter 1951 - Engine 3 (1928 Maxim 750 GPM) at rubbish pile fire behind housing development on Fennbrook Dr. Driver is Ralph Rosson, along with mascot "Belle." (Photo by Chandler Brainard) |
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| 1955 newspaper article courtesy of Gil Spencer - CLICK to enlarge for easier reading. |
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| CLICK to enlarge - This photo of Engine 6 was taken by Chan Brainard on State Street sometime between 1952 and late 1954. It is parked on the east side, almost opposite Ridge Road. The white building is 1959 State, a private residence. The darker building, 1953 State, was St. Stephen's Church, long before the new church was built on Ridge Road. |
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| CLICK to enlarge - This photo was taken at the same time but from a different POV. Notice the same white markings on the larger utility pole in both pix. The Hamden branch of the Connecticut Dept. of Motor Vehicles stands there today. Engine 6 was the 1930 Maxim 600 GPM pumper from August 1952, when it was transferred from Station 5, until October 1954, when it was replaced by the 1939 Diamond-T that had been Engine 4 since new. |
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| MAY 1939 - 1935 Dodge 150 GPM and 1919 Seagrave 750 GPM pumper (Copy of original photo courtesy of Chan Brainard) |
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Engine 7 (Mix District) - 1935 Dodge Bros. 150 GPM, purchased August 12, 1935 for $750. Utilized body of 1918 Stewart. Total cost: $1,267. Tank capacity 100 gal.
Engine 2 (Humphrey) - 1919 Seagrave 750 GPM, purchased June 1919 for $12.500. Transferred to Co. 1 on May 13, 1939 while Engine 1 was being repaired. (Job finished 1/25/1940) Balloon tires replaced the original solid rubber tires in 1925. Sent to Station 5 as a spare in 1942.
Whitneyville's 1910 Locomobile chemical truck and 1915 Thomas-Flyer Maxim combination pumper/chemical engine, as well as Humphrey's 1919 Seagrave 750 pumper, were Hamden's only right-hand drive apparatus. By 1916, virtually all American-made automobiles were left-hand drive.
But a few American fire apparatus manufacturers (most notably American LaFrance, Arhens-Fox, and Seagrave) continued to go with right-hand drive into the early 1930s, perhaps because it made spotting hydrants easier for the drivers. The smaller left-hand drive 1925 Seagrave Suburbanite was an exception because it was built on a different chassis from Seagrave's larger apparatus. (Also check out Co. 9's 1929 Seagrave tiller ladder truck on the Ladder Trucks page.)
From personal notes of Chief Charles Loller (courtesy of his great grandson, Russell Loller)
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| MAY 1939 - 1930 Maxim 600 GPM and 1924 Stutz 350 GPM (Copy of original photo courtesy of Chan Brainard) |
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Engine 5 (Mt. Carmel) - 1930 Maxim 600 GPM rotary gear pumper, purchased January 6, 1930 for $8,500. It was transferred from Station 5 to Station 6 on August 6, 1952. It remained the department's spare engine from 1954 until it was sold in May 1960.
Engine 6 (Merritt Street) - 1924 Stutz 350 GPM, purchased April 1924 for $7,150. Tank capacity 70 gals. Weight: 11,000 lbs. Became a spare in April 1942 and disposed of sometime after 1947.
From personal notes of Chief Charles Loller (courtesy of his great grandson, Russell Loller)
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| MAY 1939 - 1926 Maxim City Service Ladder and 1926 Maxim 500 GPM pumper (Copy of original photo courtesy of Chan Brainard) |
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Hook & Ladder Co. 1 (Highwood) - 1926 Maxim City Service Ladder Truck. Weight: 10,100 lbs. Purchased March 23, 1926. Windshield installed 2/15/38. On March 19, 1941 at 4:31 p.m., this ladder truck was struck by a trolley car at the corner of Dixwell Avenue and Mather Street and was subsequently traded into the Wood Engineering Service of Topsfield, Massachusetts for a new city service ladder truck on a Diamond-T chassis.
Engine 1 (Highwood) - 1926 Maxim 500 GPM rotary gear pumper. Purchased March 23, 1926. Traded in to the O.B. Maxwell Co. on January 18, 1954 for $900.00 toward purchase of a 1954 Maxim pumper.
Purchase price for both apparatus was $12,500.
From personal notes of Chief Charles Loller (courtesy of his great grandson, Russell Loller)
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| MAY 1939 - 1928 Maxim 750 GPM, 1925 Seagrave Suburbanite 350 GPM, and 1918 Stewart Chemical (Copy of original photo courtesy of Chan Brainard) |
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Engine 3 (Whitneyville) - 1928 Maxim 750 GPM rotary gear pumper, purchased February 1928 for $12,500. 70 gal. tank. Weight: 14,000 lbs. Traded in to the O.B. Maxwell in July 1952 for $500 toward purchase on new 1952 Maxim 750 GPM pumper.
Spare - 1925 Seagrave Suburbanite 350 GPM, purchased May 7, 1925 for $6.500. Original tank capacity was 40 gal. Weight: 10,000 lbs. (Removed from service as Engine 4 in April 1938. This became Engine 8 on September 18, 1939 after it was sent to Boston to have the 350 GPM pump removed and replaced with a 150 GPM pump and have a 200 gal. tank added.) Traded in to the O.B. Maxwell Co. in 1959 for $250.00 toward purchase of the 1959 Maxim "cab-forward" pumper.
Engine 8 (Dunbar Hill) - 1918 Stewart - Originally purchased by Mt. Carmel Vol. Co. on December 24, 1918 for $1,900. Tranferred to Co. 8 on August 18, 1930. Sold September 1939.
From personal notes of Chief Charles Loller (courtesy of his great grandson, Russell Loller)
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This is the April 1938 delivery photo of Hamden's new 1938 Seagrave Canopy Cab 600 GPM pumper in front of the north-facing bay doors of the Town Hall fire station (Station 4) before the bay doors were relocated to face Whitney Avenue.
Apparently this pumper was a "floor model" that was already painted the bright "Seagrave Red" when it was purchased by Hamden. Within months this pumper was repainted the darker "Maxim Red," as can be seen in the 1939 photo right below this one. Note that the words "FIRE DEPARTMENT" were omitted from the hood of the Seagrave when it was repainted.
The three gentlemen at the right are identified as Chief Charles Loller, Commissioner James Gillies and Commissioner Albert Ruwet. A few weeks after this photo was taken, Cmmr. Gillies died suddenly on May 21st. In the late 1950s, the Board of Fire Commissioners presented his widow with the dedication plaque of the '38 Seagrave.
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| MAY 1939 - 1938 Diamond-T Squad e/w 150 GPM pump and 1938 Seagrave Canopy Cab 600 GPM pumper. L-R: Roland Ruwet, 1st Asst. Chief Raymond C. Spencer, Joseph Dukat, and Robert Reutenauer |
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Emergency Squad - 1938 Diamond-T e/w 150 GPM pump and deluge set. Placed in service at Station 4 at 6 p.m. on February 26, 1938. Cost $1,976. Weight: 10,500 lbs. Sold at auction in November 1971 for $272.00.
Engine 4 - 1938 Seagrave Canopy Cab 600 GPM pumper. 100 gal. tank. Placed in service at Station 4 as Engine 4 on April 12, 1938. Cost: $7.524. Transferred to Co. 2 on June 13, 1939, where it remained until it was sold three decades later. Weight: 13,000 lbs.
From personal notes of Chief Charles Loller (courtesy of his great grandson, Russell Loller)
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June 13, 1939 - Two commissioners and Chief Charles Loller inspect Hamden's new Diamond-T 500 GPM pumper from the Woods Engineering Co. of Topsfield, Massachusetts. It went in service as Engine 4. The Seagrave canopy cab pumper, delivered the year before, was transferred to Station 2.
The shorter gentleman at the left is not identified, but may be Commissioner Albert Ruwet. The taller gentleman is Commissioner Thomas Miller, who was a life member of the Mt. Carmel Volunteer Fire Co.
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| 1940 - 1939 Diamond-T 500 GPM pumper |
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| Yale Field, July 3, 1977 - Hamden's 1939 Diamond-T 500 GPM, which started out as Engine 4, and 1942 Diamond-T 600 GPM, which started out as Engine 1, just a few months after being purchased by a private buyer. It was believed that these engines were purchased to be scrapped for the brass in their pumps. However, this photo gives hope that such was not their fate. Does anyone know if either of these pieces is still around? (Photo by Bill Celentano of Box 22 Associates, New Haven) |
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These three photos, courtesy of Gil Spencer, were labeled "testing pump, 1939, Mill River, Whitney Avenue." The two pumpers in the photos are Engine 5, a 1930 Maxim with a 600 GPM pump, and the new 1938 Diamond-T squad, which was equipped with a 150 GPM pump.
It is hard to tell from the barn and the surrounding typography of 70 years ago just where on Whitney Avenue at Mill River these photos may have been shot. They may have been taken in Mt. Carmel, between Mt. Carmel and Tuttle Avenues, or perhaps in Centerville just south of where Rt. 15 crosses today. Old streets maps show a "Whitney Lane" that ran west off Whitney about where the parkway crosses today.
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| 1942 Diamond-T 600 GPM pumper at Station 5 in 1953. (Photo courtesy of Tom Doherty) |
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This 1942 Diamond-T 600 GPM pumper was purchased new by Hamden for $4,375, and was placed in service on April 6, 1942 as Engine 1 at the Highwood station. It was transferred briefly to Station 3 in October 1951, and then to Station 5 the following year.
On December 10, 1957, another 1942 Diamond-T pumper (BELOW) went in service. It was a 500 GPM model, purchased from Prospect by Dunbar Hill Co. 8 for $1,500.
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| Memorial Day 1970 - Co. 8's 1942 Diamond-T 500 GPM pumper, purchased from Prospect by Company 8 on December 10, 1957. This is NOT the same 1942 Diamond-T 600 GPM pumper that was purchased by Hamden in April 1942 to be Engine 1. (Photo by Ed Doiron) |
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September 11, 1982 - 11th Annual Engine 260 Muster in Milford - These photos, taken by Bill Celentano of Box 22 Associates, are of the 1942 Diamond-T 500 GPM pumper that was once Engine 8. It was purchased from Prospect in December 1957 and served as Engine 8 until the late 1970s, when it was purchased by Dunbar Hill resident Ken Lewis - hence the name on the door. Mr. Lewis acquired several other pieces of fire apparatus, including a 1941 Diamond-T city service ladder truck, bought new by Hamden in early 1942 and sold to New Milford in 1963.
The whereabouts of both trucks is presently unknown. Does anyone know?
Posted 9/30/11
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| Hamden's First Postwar Apparatus (Photo provided by Chan Brainard) |
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Records show that the 1951 Maxim 750 was delivered on August 7, 1951. Chief Raymond C. Spencer is pictured here with Pat Monahan of the O.B. Maxwell Co. and an unidentified driver. When an identicial Maxim 750 was delivered in August of 1952, the 1951 Maxim was transferred to Station 3 (see the two photos below).
This exact location of this photo is unclear, but it is probably the driveway apron of Station 2. Station 2 would have been in the process of renovation in anticipation of the October 1951 closing of the Highwood station, and the Scott Street library is not built yet.
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| 1951 Maxim 750 GPM pumper |
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| 1951 Maxim 750 GPM (Copy of original photo courtesy of Chan Brainard) |
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The above two photos were taken after this piece was transferred to Station 3 on August 4, 1952. This was the first Maxim apparatus purchased by Hamden since 1930. Nine more Maxims would follow in the next 23 years.
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| 1951 Maxim on the scene in 1954 (Photo by Chan Brainard) |
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
CLICK on the photo at left to see pictures of our 1951 Maxim today.
CAUTION: VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
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July 28, 1952 - M.A. Shaw (in the center), president of the Maxim Company of Middleboro, MA, presents the keys to Hamden's newest pumper to First Selectment Leon A. Booth (second from left). The gentleman on the far left is Commissioner Herbert Hume, who would succeed Booth as First Selectman the following year.
To the right of Mr. Shaw are Chief Raymond C. Spencer and Firefighter Wilbur Baker, who would be the first driver of this new piece of apparatus.
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1952 Maxim 750 GPM pumper on the ramp at Station 2 in 1957.
July 1959, this pumper was replaced by the new Maxim "cab-forward." From July 29, 1959, when the 1938 Diamond-T Squad was taken out of service, until the February 9, 1960 delivery of the '60 International (Rescue 2), the 1952 Maxim served as "the Squad" out of Headquarters. It was then transferred to Station 5 as Engine 5. (Photo courtesy of Chan Brainard)
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1954 Maxim 750
Civil Defense
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| 1954 Maxim Factory Photo (CLICK to enlarge) |
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| 28 Years Later! Looking just as nice. (CLICK to enlarge) |
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Hamden's 1954 Maxim 750 GPM pumper
On the left is the delivery photo of Hamden's 1954 Maxim 750 GPM pumper. It was placed in service at Headquarters on October 3, 1954. Half of the $16,968 cost of this pumper was paid by Civil Defense, hence the "CD" logo on the door. Unlike the previous two Maxim pumpers, the 1954 had flat side compartments. Also, the 1951 and 1952 Maxims has six lug nuts on each wheel, the 1954 Maxim had 10. This engine was still in service as a volunteer piece into the 1990s. (Photo provided by Chan Brainard).
On the right is a photo of the '54 Maxim taken 28 years later during the 1982 Fire Prevention Week Demonstration at the Hamden Mart. With the possible exceptions of the loud speaker and dedication plaque not yet installed when the earlier picture was taken, the pumper looks almost like a delivery photo, too. The "CD" logo was removed when the pumper was repainted in 1969. (Photo by Ed Doiron, Jr.)
In the background is the old Sears Automotive Center, which stood between the main Sears building and the old Burger King opposite the Mart.
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| 1954 - B/C Everett Doherty in Hamden's brand new Maxim 750 pumper in a Connecticut State Firemen's Convention Parade - location might be West Haven (Photo courtesy of Chan Brainard) |
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| January 1955 - Firefighter Bill Hines pumping with the new 1954 Maxim 750 pumper. Bill was promoted to lieutenant the following year and was still an active department member when he passed away in May 1979 following a brief illness. (Photo by Thomas Waite) |
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| Photo taken in conjunction with Fire Prevention Week 1953 - Clockwise from the lower left: 1938 Diamond-T Squad, Engine 4 (1954 Maxim), Engine 2 (1952 Maxim), Engine 3 (1951 Maxim), Engine 7 (1935 Dodge), 1951 Pontiac (Chief's Car), Spare (1930 Maxim), Engine 1 (1938 Seagrave), Engine 6 (1939 Diamond-T), Engine 5 (1942 Diamond-T), Hook and Ladder (1941 Diamond-T ladder truck), 1952 Dodge utility truck. Personnel in lower right: Supt. C. Wetmore, Commissioners, Marshal Purce, Chief R.C. Spencer. |
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1959 Maxim 750 "Cab-Forward"
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Factory photo of Hamden's 1959 Maxim 750 GPM "cab-forward" pumper
In 1915, the Whitneyville Volunteer Fire Association purchased Maxim's first motorized pumping engine. Forty-four years later, the Hamden Fire Department purchased Maxim's first "cab-forward" pumper, a Model F-2617-C 750 GPM pumping engine, for $19,135.
This pumper was delivered painted white on June 29, 1959 and was Engine 2 for most of its active days. In 1971, it was repainted "Maxim red" along with the 1958 junior aerial truck. In 1974, it was reassigned to Station 3 as Engine 6, which had become the designation for the Department's spare. In 1981, it was repowered with a diesel engine. And on January 24, 1995, the 1959 Maxim "cab-forward" was retired from service. (Photo courtesy of Chan Brainard)
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| Memorial Day 1966 - 1959 Maxim 750 GPM "Cab-Forward" (Photo by Ed Doiron) |
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Starting in 1958, with the purchase of the Maxim 75' "Junior" aerial ladder and the 1958 International Travel-al rescue, the Board of Fire Commissioners began ordering Hamden's apparatus in white - just like its neighbor to the south.
Hamden went back to red apparatus with the purchase of the 1965 Mack 750 GPM pumper. Ever since the 1984 purchase of two identical Pierce Dash 1000 GPM pumpers, Hamden pumpers and trucks have sported red bodies with white cab roofs.
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| 1965 Mack 750 GPM pumper |
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1965 Mack 750 GPM pumper, the first new apparatus after HFD went back to red. It was first placed in service on August 18, 1965 as a temporary replacement while Engine 2 was being repaired, and then was permanently assigned to Headquarters as Engine 4.
The '65 Mack was the first new full-size apparatus on a commercial chassis since the Diamond-Ts that were purchased before World War II, and it is the last to date. The '65 Mack served as Engine 4, Engine 2, Engine 5, Engine 9 and Engine 7 before being retired in 2000.
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| November 1968 - Two new Maxim S-model 1000 GPM pumpers |
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Mayor William Adams presents two 1968 Maxim Model-S 1000 GPM pumpers to Chief V. Paul Leddy, while Dep. Chief Training Officer Daniel Hume and Supt. of Alarms and Apparatus Clem Wetmore look on. They were designated Engine 3 and Engine 4.
In 1974, they were transferred to Station 2 as Engine 1 and Engine 2.
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| Date unknown, but probably after 1973. Nice b&w photo of one of the two 1968 Maxim S models parked in front of the bay marked "Engine 1," which actually was the bay for Engine 2, as it was (is) somewhat wider than the other two bays at Station 2. |
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
CLICK on the photo at left to see pictures of one of our 1968 Maxims today.
CAUTION: VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
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| Engine 8 - 1973 Hahn - May 30, 2005 |
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1973 Maxim Telesqurt and Foam Pumpers
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| April 1974 - Chief V. Paul Leddy and Mayor Lucien DiMeo pose in front of Station 4 with the two new Maxim pumpers that were delivered in early 1974. The Telesqurt (Engine 3) is on the left. The foam truck (Engine 4) is on the right. Both pumpers were in service for about 25 years. |
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Although these pumpers arrived in 1974, delivery documents indicate that they were 1973 models. These would be the last of ten postwar purchases from Maxim.
In the large photo above, Engine 3 is on the left. It was a Maxim 1000 GPM "Telesqurt" (Chassis Model FFC 7510-C), powered with a 320 h.p. Cummins diesel engine. The telesqurt was operated from the rear step. It was placed in service at Station 3 on April 1, 1974.
On the right is Engine 4, a Maxim 1000 GPM pumper (Chassis Model FFC 7510-C) powered with a 320 h.p. Cummins diesel engine. It was equipped with a foam delivery system consisting of an onboard foam bladder that was suspended inside the tank, a cab-mounted turret nozzle that could be operated from inside the cab, and a pair of ground sweeps mounted beneath the front bumper. This pumper was specially equipped so that it could pump and roll at the same time. It was placed in service at Station 4 on February 7, 1974.
The three photos on the left (CLICK to enlarge) are of Engine 4 when it was delivered to Station 3 in February of 1974. Engine 4 was originally intended to be Engine 3 because of Station 3's proximity to the tank farm on Welton Street. The Telesqurt was originally intended to be Engine 4, but it would not fit inside Station 4, and had to be housed at Station 3.
After two new 1000 g.p.m. Pierce "Dash" pumpers were delivered in December 1984, the Pierce Co. of Appleton, Wisconsin rebuilt both of these pumpers. Each received a new body with high-side compartments, and a new two-tone paint job. The "Telesqurt" returned to service as Engine 3. The foam delivery system on Engine 4 was removed and it went back in service as Engine 9. Both pieces remained in service until the late 1990s. Just why the front bumper is missing from the "new" Engine 9 in the 1985 photo (below on the right) is a mystery.
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| 1973 Telesqurt rebuilt and back as Engine 3. The new high-side compartments are on the driver's side. |
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| Old Engine 4 rebuilt and back in service as Engine 9 |
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| Photo by Ed Doiron, Sr. |
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At first glance, the apparatus in the foreground in this summer 1974 photo looks like Engine 3, the 1973 Maxim Telesqurt. But the cab-mounted turret nozzle says otherwise. It's Engine 4, Hamden's 1973 Maxim 1000 GPM pumper with the foam delivery system. The Telesqurt is parked right behind. The older Maxim is Engine 5, the 1954 750 GPM. The flatside compartments (not visible in the photo) and the 10 lugnuts on the front wheels distinguish this pumper from the almost identicial 1951 and 1952 models.
The apparatus are just inside the Dixwell Avenue parking lot to the old Centerville School (now the Miller Library), where the Fire Chief's Office had been moved a few months earlier. Previously, the Chief's Office was on the second floor of the town hall right above the north entrance just south of Station 4.
CLICK this photo to see why these engines were parked there.
Posted 6/10/11
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| 1978 Pierce Mini-Pumper on Ford F350 Chassis - 450 GPM pump (Photo by Ed Doiron) |
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| November 1984 - Chief John Tramontano poses with one of two new Pierce Dash 1000 GPM pumpers at the Pierce factory in Appleton, Wisconsin. |
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| March 1985 - Engine 2, a 1984 Pierce "Dash" 1000 GPM pumper on the ramp at Station 2. One of two identical pumpers delivered in December 1984. CLICK on this photo to see this pumper as it is today! |
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| Date Unknown - Engine 2 drafting from a portable pond, perhaps during training exercise. (Photo courtesy of Lt. Joe Anderson) |
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| March 1985 - Engine 4, a 1984 Pierce "Dash" 1000 GPM pumper on the ramp at Station 4. One of two identical pumpers delivered in December 1984. |
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| Engine 8 - 1984 Mack CF - May 31, 2010 |
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| Engine 7 - 1990 FMC Ford - May 30, 2010 |
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| October 23, 1997 - Engine 2 - 1997 3D HME 1250 GPM with 750 gal. tank and Class A foam (Photo courtesy of Tim Sullivan) |
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| Engine 3 - 1999 3D HME 1250 GPM pumper - May 30, 2005 |
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| Engine 4 (Now Engine 9) - 2001 Marion HME 1500 GPM pumper (Photo courtesy of Tim Sullivan) |
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| Engine 5 - 2005 Ferrara Inferno 1500 GPM - May 30, 2010 (CLICK to enlarge) |
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| Engine 5 - 2005 Ferrara Inferno - September 4, 2011 (CLICK to enlarge) |
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| "The Squad" - 2008 Marion Spartan 1250 GPM - at Station 4 - September 22, 2009 |
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| Rear compartment of Squad 1 |
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