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TPL-4106
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- 1917 (Creation)
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ca. 1917. Engine Co. No. 2 with new fire truck. Engine Co. No. 2 received American LaFrance's 1000 gpm pumper which was that year's only new apparatus purchase. According to the wording on the photograph, this was the first fire truck in the Northwest which had been equipped with pneumatics. The truck with full equipment weighed 13,000 pounds. It was decided by the fire department that General Cord tires were the best tires available; 40x8's were on the rear and 38x7's on the front. The fire truck is parked outside the station at 2701 Tacoma Avenue South; St. Paul's Lutheran Church is next door. L-R in the photograph are Bob Van Bevers, Fred Strege, Harry Pentland, Arthur Tuel, Wilbur Tope, Frank Leo and Dallas Sater. (100 Years of Firefighting in the City of Destiny Tacoma, Washington, p. 56)
Tacoma Fire Department (Tacoma); Fire stations--Tacoma--1910-1920; Fire engines & equipment--Tacoma; Fire fighters--Tacoma--1910-1920;