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Title
Maynard Fire Department Ladder Truck
Description
Photograph taken at the Fire Station at 1 Summer Street.
This is a 1963 Peter Pirsch Ladder Truck and was Maynard’s second ladder truck.
Firefighter Ed Murphy on left and Captain Leonard ‘Mac’ McKenna on right.
Peter Pirsch began building horse-drawn ladder wagons in 1900 with a motor-driven apparatus debuting in 1908. Pirsch became one of the leading builders of aerial ladders in the 1930s and was the first aerial ladder with a hydro-mechanical hoist. Pirsch was one of the leading builders of fire apparatus after World War Two. In 1961 Pirsch introduced its own cab-forward model, dubbed the Safety Cab, which you can see in our photograph. Pirsch went out of business in 1986,
This is a 1963 Peter Pirsch Ladder Truck and was Maynard’s second ladder truck.
Firefighter Ed Murphy on left and Captain Leonard ‘Mac’ McKenna on right.
Peter Pirsch began building horse-drawn ladder wagons in 1900 with a motor-driven apparatus debuting in 1908. Pirsch became one of the leading builders of aerial ladders in the 1930s and was the first aerial ladder with a hydro-mechanical hoist. Pirsch was one of the leading builders of fire apparatus after World War Two. In 1961 Pirsch introduced its own cab-forward model, dubbed the Safety Cab, which you can see in our photograph. Pirsch went out of business in 1986,
Creator
Oliver (Swat) Warila
Date
ca 1970
Contributor
Bruce Warila
Identifications supplied by Gerry Byrne
Identifications supplied by Gerry Byrne
Identifier
2014.701
Format
Scanned negative: mhs-2014.701-2014B-032-2173.jpg
Source
Pirsch history paraphrased from the Society for the Preservation and Appreciation of Antique Motor Fire Apparatus in America (SPAAMFAA)<br />
https://spaamfaa.org/
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
4x5 negative, monochrome