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Old "Boss Tweed" firehouse. ;) :D 8) ;D ;D ;D ;D

  The reason Batt 34 moved to E209 from 1946 to 1950 was that E230's firehouse at 59 Ellery St. was going to be demolished because it was in the middle of what would become the NYCHA Marcy Houses. During that period E230 was temporarily housed at L102's firehouse while their new firehouse was...

Must've been running with two Ward LaFrances: #1 was a 1952 (#2969) with a ragtop canopy and #2 was a 1954 (#3451) Civil Defense C.D. 41 ;)

88/38 tradition goes back to the "War Years" and some members who were very talented at "pimping" their rides. That tradition branched out when E72 was organized from a disbanded E88(2).

I don't know if it was a chief's bay but Engine 37's old quarters at 503 W. 126th st. had a bay door at the right rear that went to Amsterdam Ave.

  Former Ladder 10 and Water Tower #1 firehouse at 520 Palisades Ave. was bought by Queen Latifah a while back. It still has the circular stairs and brick interior.

  The 1956 ALF in the photo was previously L47's rig. It was L38's then went to L49 when L38 got a 1969 100 ft. ALF diesel rig. Before the '56, Ladder 38 had a 1953 ALF that was involved in a bad MVA around 1964. The tractor was totalled and the trailer was re-hitched to a 1948 Ward LaFrance...

Music trivia: E-91 Capt. Frank Pellegrino used to play tenor saxophone for Reparatta & the Del Rons ("Whenever A Teenager Cries")  ;)

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http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2-firefighters-hurt-battling-blaze-on-detroits-east-side/-/1719418/20351514/-/r5hnle/-/index.html

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You can sense there was an ulterior cost-cutting motive by the "powers that be" when they chose a new E17/L18/Bn4 firehouse site only 2 blocks from Engine 15. :( >:(

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  There were  5 that year that went to 9, 119, 131, 152 & 163.  I'd buy it but my driveway is too short and my wife says it's too hard to park. >:( ;) ;D    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/140946161732

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The picture that says hosewagon is their 1939 Ward LaFrance 1000gpm pumper. Also not too long ago, Ladder 42 was there for a while their "Casa de Caca" was renovated.

That rig was a 1962 International. Coincidence, but I remember when Queens E294 had an in-firehouse gasoline refueling fire with a 1962 International pumper where a firefighter was seriously burned. A couple of those Internationals were lost like E283's in a major accident and an East Harlem co...