Fire Engines Photos

Still on original solid tires. Many city fire departments were slow to specify pneumatics because of the number of cast-off horseshoe nails still littering city streets in the 1920s - although most manufacturers offered them as an option.

Added by Rob Johnson on 01 August 2013.

I believe I saw this truck going north on 465 on the eastside of Indianapolis.It was on a lowboy semi trailer, really neat truck. I tried to get a pic, but it didn't come out very good. It said IFD water tower one.

Added by Jeff Wilson on 22 December 2020.

Neat rig! San Francisco FD also has a smaller straight chassis Gorter water tower on solid tires - probably about the same vintage. Maybe 65 feet?

Added by Rob Johnson on 22 December 2020.

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