Fire Fighting Equipment

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Title: Fire Fighting Equipment
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Fire Department - Officials and Employees, Manners and Customs - Recreation - Sports, Human Settlements
Condition: Good
Description: The Chassell fire truck. Department members took the truck to Portage Entry's junction and from there escorted the famed Panthers team into the old home town to celebrate their game in East Lansing against Owosso-St. Paul. [Image of the vintage fire truck.]
Source of Description: Daily Mining Gazette - March 25 1958 [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Robert Skuggen
Date of Photo: Tuesday March 25 1958
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 7.5 cm x 15.2 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS051-15-01-04
Collection Name: Daily Mining Gazette Photograph Collection
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• This is a John Bean high-pressure truck that was purchased in 1946 (+/-). The pump section was mounted on a new chassis in 1964 and it served as the main fire engine in Chassell until it was replaced by new truck in 1982.
12/2/2012 9:36:39 PM by Anonymous