Photograph of Fire Truck Designed by Fire Chief

Photograph of Fire Truck Designed by Fire Chief

Fire Department
Fire Truck
Will Platt
Photo File: Fire Department
Decatur IL
1939

Photograph of a fire truck designed by Fire Chief Will Platt of Decatur. Costing nearly $17,000 and weighing almost 8 tons, the truck embodied a radical change in cab style and equipment. Seven men, including the driver, rode in the cab; none on the outside. Equipment included turret nozzle which fed 1,500 gallons of water per minute, 192 feet of aluminum ladders, 250 feet of fire hose, booster hose for small house fires, smoke mask and oxygen tank which lasted one and one half hours, a flood lighting system that adequately lit a square block and was powered by a small gasoline motor driven generator which was carried inside the truck, and a platform from which a turret nozzle was operated.

ACME
Herald and Review

Photo File: Fire Department

ACME
Herald and Review
Decatur Public Library, Decatur IL

2/17/1939

Herald and Review

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Photograph

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Fire Department, Fire Equipment, Fire Truck, Photo File: Fire Department, Decatur IL, 1939

Photograph

6.5 x 8.5"