Thanks, Joseph. I'm in New Jersey, and this was taken is Somerville, NJ.
Here is a link to the website of our Fire Department Museum: http://www.somervillefd.org/museum.htm Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 11:30 PM, Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> wrote: > Not bad. But the first engine that they had in Somerville? > > I'm from Mass., and when in my late teens, early 20s, (the 60s) I made a > point of attending all the local and regional "Fireman's Musters" held in > open fields and main streets here and there around much of New England. > > http://www.mantecabulletin.com/section/158/article/80092/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/5828890217/in/gallery-firefightersband-72157627146810508/ > Must be CA as this was "Potographed" by Jack Snell. :) > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/45436499@N02/8514304763/in/pool-old_fire_trucks/ > > http://shoutaboutcarolina.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/1857-button-and-blake-hand-fire-pumper-charleston.jpg > > and finally, New England back in my day, just not me. I was always pumping or > nozzle, never photographer. > > http://www.auroraregionalfiremuseum.org/handtubexpo/photo_gallery/image/ht79.jpg > > A 22 min video that explains the way the pumpers work. Only difference is we > measured the distance from the nozzle to the furthest drop of water on a > unrolled 6' x 200' roll of kraft paper (usually between 175 and 310 feet). > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=maFdk6G8bmI > > > On Sep 1, 2013, at 15:15 , Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> An image of the town's first fire engine adorns the side of their >> biggest and newest rig: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17508307 >> Comments are invited. > > > > Joseph McAllister > [email protected] > -- > “ It is still true, as was first said many years ago, that people are the > only sophisticated computing devices that can be made at low cost by > unskilled workers!” > — Martin G. Wolf, PhD > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
