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Mr Gage, I take your critique in the spirit I assume offered. No BS allowed on this site. And I stand by what I wrote. During the summer of 1969, while on extended leave from the Army, I tended bar at a noted Irish pub on Webster Avenue. It was owned by a member of Harlem's E91-2 and so became...

Same result for 108, Chief? One power saw had them running all over? Hard to believe that it took the FDNY that many years after WW II to get power saws. But then, they were still running wooden ariel ladders in open cabs.

Perhaps another consideration in where Tower ladders are located... Back in the late '60s L38 was one of the first truck companies in the Bronx to be equipped with a power saw. That one piece of equipment became very popular resulting in L38 being special called all over the borough. As more...

Absolutely beautiful old church. As a student at Power Memorial Academy (right around the corner) we used St Paul's as our chapel.Thank God they saved it. Another great job by the FDNY.

E38 to E83? Top to bottom of the borough.

My guess... The 1st Cav was assigned the primary mission for the parade. The various vehicles were shipped in to be operated by members of the 1st Cav. Probably saved a lot of money.

Almost identical to the 1936 model Mack except for the roof on the cab and Subway style straps across the back step. I believe this was the first frontline FDNY apparatus to have an enclosed cab.

And your point is?...

The quarters of L19 were once located on Forest Avenue but were torn down to build this NYCHA complex. L19 was first organized in Hgh Bridge, the predecessor to E68. It then relocated to Forest Avenue, then to Bruckner Boulevard with E96, and eventually back to Morrisania with E50.

Another great catch! The cycle of life... God bless 'em both.

This was one of the last Mack C models from the early '60s. Their double headlights are distinctive. E45 had one of these. If the photo is from the Bronx it's likely the truck is either L31 or L38. Any idea what borough?

Must have been. Great catch!

No, it was an Ahren's Fox (see my post further up in this thread). But it was purchased for service at the 1938 39 world's Fair.

$$ was what I was told also. The city was too cheap to continue with metal aerials and had a fast buy for the Chicago rejects. There were also stories that the metal ladders heated up making them dangerous for the firefighters and that one metal aerial in Brooklyn had been used to prop up a wall...

This 1951 Ward La France 750 GPM pumper replaced the 1947 Mack for one distinct reason... It had a booster tank for use for brush fires in Van Cortland Park.

This 1947 750 MPG Mack L model replaced the 1920s American La France right after the war. About 20 of them were purchased in one lot and scattered about the city. The showpiece was assigned to E23 in midtown Manhattan. This was my favorite piece of apparatus as a kid until the Mack C. models...

Looks like a late 1920s 700 GPM American La France pumper with a 1930s Walters aerial ladder. Replacement of the pumper was scheduled for circa 1940 but was delayed by world war II. The Walter's tractor was also delayed by the war, probably replaced by a 1948 Ward La France hitched to the...

My uncle was the chauffeur of Ladder 37 when they received one of the 1955 FWD woodens brand new. Even before they had a hydraulic lift on the aerial. He told me when I was a kid that these were Chicago FD rejects. I never doubted ol' Uncle Charles. Maybe it was because they had open cabs that...

This is not Norwood. Villa Avenue is the Bedford Park neighborhood. Norwood is across Mosholu Parkway. And when I was a kid nobody even referred to that area as Norwood. It just didn't exist. Norwood did appear in real estate ads in the late 1800s but the name disappeared. Williamsbridge, as...

Ahrens Fox pumper, designed for use at the 1938 World's Fair, subsequently being used as a hose wagon in Riverdale. I believe there were just three of them and were rated at just 500gpm. They never really saw frontline service in the FDNY and we're gone from the inventory by the early '50s.