Toledo, OH - A look back in time

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Toledo, OH  Squad 1
1927 Cadillac / TFD Shop Built Body
Chassis was acquired from another City of Toledo Department
and entered service 10/26/1933 at Station 8.
This photo was taken after the rig was moved to Station 3 - Department HQ.
In February 1937 this rig was involved in an accident that claimed the life of a civilian.
The TFD member riding the back step survived!

Photo & information provided courtesy of the Toledo Firefighters Museum.

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Toledo, OH  Squad 1
1937 Diamond T
No Info provided on the Rescue Body.
Maybe it came off the wrecked Cadillac?
This rig was in service through the Great Depression, WW II, Korea, and was finally replaced by the first of the GMC / Proctor-Keefe rescue squads in early 1955.
After it was retired it was allowed to rot away in a field in Maumee, OH
Photo & information provided courtesy of the Toledo Firefighters Museum.

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Toledo, OH  Ladder 5
1929 Willys Knight Tractor
1929 Fruehauf Trailer
Ladder Racks from a 1915 Seagrave CST
Notice that there is no tiller.
Photo & information provided courtesy of the Toledo Firefighters Museum.

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Toledo, OH  Ladder 5
1938 Rebuild of the rig posted above with a new tractor.
1930 Willys Knight Tractor - From a Toledo Hose Wagon
1929 Fruehauf Trailer
Ladder Racks from a 1915 Seagrave CST
Notice that there is no tiller.
Photo & information provided courtesy of the Toledo Firefighters Museum.

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Toledo, OH
1933 Federal City Service Truck w/ 200' of Ground Ladders
Entered Service at Station 16 on December 27, 1933.
75 GPM Booster Pump was added in 1934.
Truck became reserve in 1949.
Truck was acquired from Matt Lee in the mid 1980's.
Truck returned to the Toledo FF's Museum on 7/31/2010.

Photo & information provided courtesy of the Toledo Firefighters Museum.