The American Fire Engine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The American Fire Engine write by Hans Halberstadt. This book was released on 1992-12-31. The American Fire Engine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Describing the evolution of the fire engine from hand pumpers to steamers to the elaborate rigs of today, Halberstock points out all the interesting intricacies of the machines, takes readers along to fight real fires, and tells how to purchase a fire truck for $2,000, or less. Illus.
The American Fire Station
The American Fire Station - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The American Fire Station write by Gerry Souter. This book was released on 1998. The American Fire Station available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A visual survey of fire stations and equipment since the 18th century across the country. Discusses the technology and sociology of the designs, and such political influences as candidates for local office needing an issue, and the New Deal programs for providing jobs by building fire stations. Anno
The Ultimate Book of Fire Engines & Firefighting
The Ultimate Book of Fire Engines & Firefighting - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ultimate Book of Fire Engines & Firefighting write by Neil Wallington. This book was released on 2007. The Ultimate Book of Fire Engines & Firefighting available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Fire Trucks of the 1950s
Fire Trucks of the 1950s - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fire Trucks of the 1950s write by Walter McCall. This book was released on 2011-12-01. Fire Trucks of the 1950s available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. American motor fire apparatus design reached its high-water mark in the 1950s. Every one of the nation's major fire apparatus manufacturers boasted uniquely individual custom fire truck designs. Unlike the look-alike cookie-cutter shoeboxes of today, back then a fire fighter could instantly identify these makes a block away. From conventional Fords to the custom rigs of fire apparatus manufacturers, all the most popular, unique, and industry-changing designs and innovations are featured in this long-overdue tribute to the fire trucks of the Fabulous Fifties!
America's Fire Engine
America's Fire Engine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America's Fire Engine write by Walter M.P. McCall. This book was released on 2022-11-14. America's Fire Engine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As World War II drew to a close, America's premier fire apparatus builder--the American-LaFrance Foamite Corp. of Elmira, N.Y.--bet the company's future on its radical new cab-ahead-of-engine 700 Series fire engines. In a spectacular gamble to capture the superheated postwar market, all of the company's existing products were discontinued and its customers were essentially told to "take it or leave it." This bold gamble paid off and 700 Series rigs soon filled firehouses across the nation, sweeping aside all competitors and ultimately defining the breakthrough 700 as "America's Fire Engine." This is the first comprehensive history of the game-changing 700. Individual chapters detail not only each of the eight major vehicle types but also the origins, design controversies, manufacturing, and marketing of the 700 and short-lived transitional 800 Series. The book includes a meticulously researched registry of every 700/800 series apparatus delivered, supported by many interpretive tables detailing production, specifications and major fire department fleets.
