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[yfdgricker]

OK everyone, got any additional info on any of these pics? Just make sure to mention the photo number in your post so we know which one your are talking about.

Special thanks to Bob Lloyd (WF33RET) for sharing those with us!

[yfd4]

pic no 7 showing sta 3 should read 1889 and the second bay logically was added on or near the date of the 1906 steamer's addition to that station

[yfd4]

pic no 16 cnnot be 1911 as the bond issue for motoriztion was in 1912 so the knox is 1912 probably

[yfd4]

pic no 17 is definetely 1912  and NOT 1913 since this rig at no 2 was tested the same day as the robinson pump for warren ohio fire dept at mill creek park probably in oct 1912

[yfd4]

pic 23
im not sure but i am of the opinion that possibly sta 11 closed  earlier than as stated   in the caption when i think sta 4 at falls closed also. anybody have a definite record of this?

[yfd4]

pic 25
rig ordered in 1917 was for sta 11 specifically because the 1914 nott hose wagon  pooped out after only 3 years' service.
dolly 9 was serving  as a substitute at 11's prior to the arrival of the 1917 alf.

[yfd4]

pic 28
this rig was quartered at sta 7 from 1921 till 1932 then it went to no 5's afterward

[yfdgricker]

pic 23
im not sure but i am of the opinion that possibly sta 11 closed  earlier than as stated   in the caption when i think sta 4 at falls closed also. anybody have a definite record of this?

I checked the newspaper articles I have on file and both Station 4 and Station 11 closed on March 29, 1972.

[yfd4]

pic 29
whether or not this rig was numbered 7 at the time of its factory photo i am unable to discern from the photo but a Fire Underwriter's report in the year 1921 indicated that a 1921 alf delivery was at sta 5 initially not sta 7. a later Fire Underwriter's report shows that a 1922 alf went to sta 5 and the 1921 to sta 7.

[yfd4]

pic 36b
appears that this rig is no 2 to my eyes and not the other side of no 12
2's was a 1933 seagrave also

[yfd4]

pic 41
strikingly similar to a pic i took in 1975

[yfd4]

pic 45
this mack L was 750 gpm
its companion at sta 4 was 1000 gpm because 4's was considered to be in or near the high value district whereas 5's wasn't so it got only a 750 gpm...remember there was no   sta  no 1 at this time in 1948 so outlying stations at 3 on belmont and 4 on falls were acting in lieu of a no 1 station

[yfdgricker]

Photo #23... was taken for the 1936 City Firefighters Souvenir Dance Program.  In the photo are...

CA Ray Webb, FF E. McGowan, CA Lloyd Meeker, FF James Lane, ENG Louis Farnbauer, FF John Newell, ENG Wm McQuinston and FF Carl Bjorson.

[Bs918]

Great YFD Pictures, it would be great to see some others

[Bs918]

What is this place now for ?