[Scan-DC] [OT] Antique Fire Equipment at Masonic Temple inAlexandria

[wilson hulley]

WOW - what a photographic opportunity. Never know what a "little looking" 
will find around this part of the country. Yes, an old fire truck with its' 
own cell phone Number. Wilson
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <b_thom at juno.com>
To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 22:24
Subject: [Scan-DC] [OT] Antique Fire Equipment at Masonic Temple 
inAlexandria


>I went for a bike ride after dinner. I climbed the hill above the Amtrak
> station; this is the hill with the Masonic Temple on top. In the back
> parking lot is a Maxim 100 ladder truck from the Lafayette, Indiana, Fire
> Department. If the plaque on the front is any indication, the truck got
> here by way of the Lincoln Highway.
>
> One placard on the side has the URL
> http://www.lincoln-highway-museum.org/ ,
> and another placard give the cellphone number for the truck,
> 419-566-0790. Great combination: an antique ladder truck with its own
> cellphone number. That exchange is in Galion, Ohio.
>
> There's a pool of oil under the left front hub, so the truck may have a
> leaking shock absorber.
>
> I went to the website
> http://www.lincoln-highway-museum.org/DC/DC-Index.html , where I read:
>
>>>
> 1915-The Lincoln Highway Feeder--2005
> 90th Anniversary
> July 27, 2005
>
> Philadelphia - Chester, PA
> Wilmington, DE
> Elkton - Havre de Grace - Bell Air - Baltimore, MD
> Washington, DC,
> Rockville - Gaithersburg - Frederick - Thurmont - Emmitsburg, MD
> Gettysburg, PA
> <<
>
> Some of you like this sort of stuff. You know who you are. I'd appreciate
> it if you'd forward this message to the groups for fire equipment
> enthusiasts.
>
> Thanks.
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