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You’re right Chief. Those old WLF Tractors hung around till the early 70s, dragging 40 year old tillers behind them. Two memories of them from the summers of ‘69 or ‘70... A young soldier on leave, I was invited to the quarters of E88/38, where my father had been the senior officer for years...

I do not recall that FWD tractor, before my time i guess. But a 1947 or '48 WLF tractor was assigned to L32 ( pulling an ancient tiller) in the early fifties. In 1955 L32 received one of the new FWD models, the last wooden aerials purchased by the FDNY. Most of the pre- WWII tillers and ALF...

Blackout package? Celina is expecting a Blitz?

5 story walkup.

The United States Military Academy at West Point, NY and the neighboring town of Highland Falls received over 8 inches of rain overnight, Sunday, July 9/10. Storm King Highway reported as totally washed out. The Hudson River in background of photo below.

Prior to the War Years, L27 2nd due here. E46 on the 2nd alarm.

I was the busboy at the Walton Kosher Deli (170th St.) throughout high school.

Capttomo My reply was intended for you. My mistake. But I believe 8060 was from the neighborhood also, no?

8060, There is no Box 4900 or 4901 in the Bronx, only in Queens. But 4902 was right down the street from where I grew up, about a 100 yards from 3511. Located at Decatur Ave and 198th, it’s about a mile and a half from you. A long distance between that number sequence. The City of New York...

Thank you for clarifying. I recall visiting there many years ago and making the observation that the house had an off door. The chief was long gone by then so I thought it was a drive through, but my mistake. I believe the building still stands as a community center? L40s old qtrs on Hancock...

I believe the old quarters of E37 in Harlem was a drive thru...

Welcome back G-man!

An insignificant note... L56 relocates to L11. Fordham Rd to the East Village...ya' think 56 got there yet? Love these new relocation policies.

The boxes always make sense as they correspond to fixed points on the ground. An accurate template that has survived for well over a century. The assignments change simply due to who is available to respond at the moment. All in all, a remarkable system that has served the City and the FDNY so...

Interesting how Manhattan is still sprinkled with single engine companies

6 story elevator https://streeteasy.com/building/1075-grand-concourse-bronx

The Flux capacitor...but of course.

The old "wagon books" of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were carried by each Company Foreman and Chief Officer. They only assigned up to 3d Alarm in the Bronx. (I dont know about the other boroughs.) The telegraph system and its box numbers were revised in the early 1920s and assignments...

An old FDNY story which I cannot verify but i heard from my father (appointed to H&L 14 in 1934) and I never found him to bs... It was a big deal when the Triborough Bridge (now RFK) was completed back in the late 1930s. Queens and Brooklyn were now connected not only to Manhattan but also to...