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I had just come out of Bitar's on 10th Street after having lunch, when fire engines started arriving about a block to the north. By the time I got there, they had apparently determined that there was no fire or had already put it out. The captain (with helmet) and one of his men agreed to pose - as long as Engine 3 was in the picture. In my experience, Philadelphia firefighters are a very sociable group. Maybe that's true everywhere. You also get the sense that they love their work. We were standing in the middle of the intersection of 10th and Ellsworth, so this was a quick photo before they took off, and I didn't get their names. Engine 3 is from the Moyamensing & Washington Ave. fire station.
Carter County Old-Time Machinery Show - September 1983 - Grayson KY.
This is the Seagraves fire engine. Notice the dual ignition system - i.e. two distributors and two spark plugs per cylinder - this was common practice with fire engines.
At one point it was horse-drawn; later on they grafted a huge gasoline (diesel?) engine on the front to move the thing around. The water was still pushed by steam.
They kept coming. 4 in all and going to the sheltered accommodation that's for slightly infirm elderly people, situated behind our house. No apparent fire but fire engines are used for all sorts of emergencies such as locking yourself out of your house, a broken lift or water leaks. I called them in a year or two ago when we had water streaming from our loft through a light fitting and no plumber was available.
This is a very tight corner but big lorries somehow negotiate it surprisingly well. The refuse lorry does so very skilfully every week. They didn't stay very long last night, perhaps eg. the lift was broken and they needed to get the elderly people upstairs.
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