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1955 Seagrave Pumper Of The N.L.R.F.D.
(Photo by Lee Clark)
(Photo Used Courtesy of L.R.F.D. Captain Bob Franklin)
Back Row: M.B. Evans, Jim Dancy, Joe Coors, Ron Drye, Gene Hendricks,
Middle Row: Carthel Gentry, Tom Johnson, Paul Holderfield, (Unidentified) Chief Caldwell, Chief Strasner
(Capt at time), Bradley Nolen, Front Row: J.D. Hampton, Dale Pruitt, E.F. Stokes, B.B. Cranford
Brand of Apparatus: Seagrave Year of Manufacture: 1955 Year of Delivery: 1955 Stations, Apparatus Designation: 1955-1966: Station 1 - Engine 1; ................1966-1971: Station 2 - Engine 2; ................1971-1976: Station 4-Engine 4; ................1976-1982: Reserve 10 at Central; ................Sold circa 1983..to Lake Maumelle VFD - ................Then To East Vilonia. Specifications: 1000 GPM Pump; Booster Tank; Split Hose Bed, ................Seating for 7; V-12 Engine, Standard Transmission, ................ Ground Ladders Wooden, Booster Line in rear Present Location: Individual in Vilonia, AR. Apparatus is taken to shows. |
(Photo by Lee Clark)
The 1955 Seagrave at Central. This station was home to this engine for many years, both as "Co. No. 1" and as a Reserve Engine.
In this particular picture, the '55 is a reserve and is filling in as "No. 1." (The '66 La France was off the track. Note the '47 Seagrave
Ladder Truck in the far right bay. Note Rescue 19 in the far left bay. It was a white Chevrolet. This rescue was replaced in 1990 by a 1990
Ford Diesel powered light rescue, and in 2001 by a Heavy Rescue - a Freightliner/E-One.