1914 American LaFrance Fire Truck
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This is a combination pumping engine, chemical engine, and hose car built by The America La France Fire Engine Company, Inc. This beauty is powered by a 105 horse power, six cylinder motor.
Accessories on this firetruck include a steel crow bar, a battery box, all necessary operating tools, an acid receptacle holder, one ten inch electric search light, one 20 foot extension ladder, one 3-gallon Babcock fire department standard extinguisher, two fire department standard lanterns, one fire department standard axe, and one pike pole.
The truck won first place in a Florida state competition for drafting. The term drafting water refers to the use of suction to move a liquid such as water from a vessel or body of water below the intake of a suction pump.
One of the greatest parts of this America La France truck is that there is a...
