Once on display - either in the Keating building or another location - the ladder truck will complement the historic Middletown pumper in the lobby of City Hall. The process of restoration is expected to take a couple of years, he said. "It felt like kismet" having the opportunity "arise out of the blue," Florsheim said. Swartz put the truck in his antique museum in Philadelphia, Pa., where it remained until it was bought by retired Capt. William Broderick of the Binghamton, N.Y., Fire Department, the city said in a press release. Swartz, owner of EIS Brake Parts, formerly located on North Main Street. When the facility received its own ladder truck, Middletown gave it to Ernest I. It then was loaned to the Connecticut Valley Hospital fire department, the mayor said.
(5) 1970 Ward LaFrance/Grove units assigned to Truck 7, Truck 12, Truck 18, Truck 21, and Truck 34 (300-gallon tanks).(8) 1970 Seagrave rear-mounts (250-gallon tanks).
(1) 1968 Seagrave aerial with an FWD chassis featuring rear steering for Truck 63 at O’Hare Airport.(3) 1968 Mack CF/Pirsch 100-foot aerials (with a red cab face) (300-gallon tanks).There were several types of aerials purchased by the CFD during this time frame. Some have inquired about the fact that several aerials were delivered with booster reels and 300-gallon water tanks. Some additional information about the aerials purchased by the Chicago Fire Department in the late 60s and early 70s.
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