Danvers, Massachusetts

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I'm going to start scanning some of our old photos and work up to the new  stuff. First for tonight is a late 1800's horse drawn ladder truck - Danvers, Massachusetts.

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Next is a 1911 Knox combination. Point of interest, the driver (John "Dud" Lynch) was found dead in one of the outside stations (manned by one individual) in the 1940's after not responding to a 6:45 bell test. The chief went to investigate and found FF Lynch dead.

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1925 Ahrens Fox JS4 pumper SN 1244. After leaving Danvers, was heavily damaged in a furniture warehouse fire in VT. The damaged truck was sold several times and after determining the frame was too badly twisted from heat, was finally parted out by Andy Swift in Maine. (Firefly Restorations)

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Sister truck to the pumper just posted, this was also a 1925 Ahrens Fox, JS44, SN 1245.

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1925 GJ54 Ahrens Fox pumper, SN 5001.

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1936 Pierce Arrow built by one of our firefighters. I believe that the funnel on the running board was a FOMON foam system?

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1936 Pirsch pumper. This is privately owned now by a fire chief some distance away, but he loves to bring the truck home for special events. I think he put a small block 350 in it to make more reliable  

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This is not a TRUE Town of Danvers apparatus. It was assigned to the Danvers State Hospital property and belonged to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The state hospital property was closed in the early 1990's and has been abandoned for years, a sale is in the process for redeveopment. The story has it that the Danvers fire Department would have first refusal on it as surplus equipment. When someone went to look at the vehicle it had mysteriously disappeared. It is now privately owned on the south shore. We all know how those government agencies work huh? LOL

It was a 1929 Model AA. This photo was taken by Steve Cummings.