With the idea of creating a monopoly, in 1900 the International Fire Engine Company was announced. A rival firm was created named the American Fire Engine Company. The 1890s was an era of business consolidation with the growth of trusts. The company began to manufacture other firefighting equipment and in 1880 became the LaFrance Fire Engine Company. 1920.Īccording to the Elmira, New York newspaper the Star-Gazette: Martin was killed in the Line of Duty.Advertisement for American LaFrance fire extinguisher, ca. *April 7, 1954: Trailer over turned and heavily damaged in accident at Arguello & Geary Streets while responding to a fire. Truck 10 with a 1937 Ahrens-Fox, 4-wheel Tractor (TR-38) Truck 10 with a 1917 American LaFrance 4-wheel Tractor (TR-21) Truck 10 with a 1937 Ahrens-Fox 4-wheel Tractor (TR-38) Truck 10 with a 1921 American LaFrance 4-wheel Tractor (TR-25)
Truck 8, with a 1937 Ahrens-Fox 4-wheel Tractor (TR-38) Truck 3 with a 1937 Ahrens-Fox 4-wheel Tractor (TR-38) Truck 3 with a 1929 Mack 4-wheel Tractor (TR-31) Truck 3 with a 1912 Seagrave 4-wheel Tractor (TR-1)ġ909 American LaFrance 85-foot wooden Aerial Trailer of the Hayes design, spring-activated, 2 section, 85 foot wooden ladderġ922: Converted from horse drawn to a motorized trailer by adding a fifth wheel, removing the driver's seat Truck 6 with a 1917 American LaFrance 4-wheel Tractor (TR-21)ġ909 Hayes Aerial Ladder, spring-activated, 2 section, 85 foot wooden ladderġ914: Converted from horse drawn to a motorized trailer by adding a fifth wheel, removing the driver's seat Truck 1 with a 1923 Seagrave 4-wheel Tractor (TR-26) Truck 12, with a 1917 American LaFrance 4-wheel Tractor (TR-19)ġ923: Converted from horse drawn to a motorized trailer by adding a fifth wheel and removing the driver's seat Truck 12, with a 1915 American LaFrance 4-wheel Tractor (TR-15) Truck 12, with a 1915 Schnerr 4-wheel Tractor (TR-16)
Truck 12 with a 1917 American LaFrance 4-wheel Tractor (TR-20)
Truck 12 with a 1915 Schnerr 4-wheel Tractor (TR-16) Truck 8 with a 1917 American LaFrance 4-wheel Tractor (TR-20)ġ903 American LaFrance City Service Truckġ918: Converted from horse drawn to a motorized trailer by adding a fifth wheel and removing the driver's seat Truck 8 with a 1919 Seagrave 4-wheel Tractor (TR-24)
Truck 15 with a 1917 American LaFrance 4-wheel Tractor (TR-22)ġ920: Converted from horse drawn to a motorized trailer by adding a fifth wheel and removing the driver's seat Truck 9 with a 1917 American LaFrance 4-wheel Tractor (TR-23) Truck 5 with a 1912 Seagrave 4-wheel Tractor (TR-27)ġ917: Converted from horse drawn to a motorized trailer by adding a fifth wheel and removing the driver's seat Truck 5 with a 1917 American LaFrance 4-wheel Tractor (TR-19) Truck 6 with a 1915 American LaFrance 4-wheel Tractor (TR-13)ġ916: Converted from horse drawn to a motorized trailer by adding a fifth wheel and removing the driver's seat of the David Scannell ClubĪll City Service Trailers, all Trailers attached to Tractors in the SFFD are tillered Shop #ġ915: Converted from horse drawn to a motorized trailer by adding a fifth wheel and removing the driver's seat San Francisco Fire Department Museum ~ Apparatus ~ Ladder Trailers - 1901-1929