Shop
No. |
Year |
Builder & Type |
Price |
Original Assignment |
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1875 |
Hook & Ladder
Built by local wagon builder, hand-drawn |
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Engine Co.38's No.1 |
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1876 |
Village Hook & Ladder,
hand-drawn |
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Engine Co.38's No.1 |
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1881 |
Hayes Hook &
Ladder
65' wood extension ladder, horse-drawn
* The first aerial ladder in U.S. |
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1881 - Vigilance Hook & Ladder No.1
1896 - Truck A at Engine Co.3 |
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1897 |
Babock Aerial Ladder
The Fire Equipment Co. of Chicago
85' wood aerial, horse-drawn |
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Truck B at Engine Co.8 |
75 |
1898 |
Seagrave
City Service Truck, horse-drawn |
|
Truck C
at Engine Co.10 |
76 |
1898 |
Babcock
City Service Truck, horse-drawn |
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Truck
D at Engine Co.11 |
|
1900 |
Truck A at
Engine Co. No. 4, 227 Aliso Street
Truck B at Engine Co. No. 3, 346 South Hill
Street
Truck
C at Engine Co. No.10, 1615 South Hill Steet
Truck
D at Engine Co. No.11, 1819 West 7th
Street |
|
1905 |
Truck designations changed to numbers:
Truck B changed to Truck Co.2 at Engine Co. No. 3, 346 South Hill Street
Truck
C changed to Truck Co.3 at Engine Co. No.10, 1615 South Hill Steet
Truck
D changed to Truck Co.4 at Engine Co. No.11, 1819 West 7th Street Truck A is disbanded and members
transfered to Water Tower 1. |
79 |
1905 |
Gorter 65 Water Tower
LAFD shop built, horse-drawn |
|
Water Tower 1 at Engine Co.4 |
74 |
1905 |
Seagrave
85' wood arial, horse-drawn
Replaces the Babcock 85' aerial |
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In Service 1906
Truck Co.2 at Engine Co.3 |
|
1906 |
Note: The Babcock 85' aerial was taken out of
service and removed from the roster. Chief Lips proposed changing the Babcock into a
Heavy City Service Truck however official records do not confirm this. However, one of the
aerial trucks of this era was motorized with a
Christie Tractor
and desiginated as Shop Number 75. (Shop numbers came into use about 1914.) The Babcock
was the likley canidate because of its steel frame and tiller. |
73 |
1910 |
Anderson
City Service Truck, horse-drawn |
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In service 1911
Truck
Co.1 at Engine Co.4 |
|
1911 |
Water Tower 1 moved to Engine Co. No.24 |
77 |
1911 |
First LAFD auto-drawn Aerial
Seagrave AC90
65' wood Aerial |
$11,840. |
Truck 5 at
Engine Co.23 |
78 |
1911 |
Seagrave AC80
City Service Truck |
$8,500. |
Truck 6 at Engine Co.26 |
102 |
1914 |
Seagrave L-756
75' wood Aerial |
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In service 1915
Truck 7 at Engine Co.28 |
103 |
1914 |
Seagrave J-506
City Service Truck,
Straight-Frame w/Tiller |
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In service 1915
Truck 8 at Engine Co.26 |
104 |
1914 |
Seagrave J-506
City Service Truck,
Straight-Frame w/Tiller |
|
In service 1915
Truck 9 at Engine Co.27 |
|
1916 |
Closed due to the start of the 2-platoon system:
Truck 3
Truck 4 *Shop numbers appear in the records and were assigned to all apparatus. |
74 |
1918 |
American La-France
Type 17
4-wheeled Tractor
purchased to motorize s/n 74 |
$6,500. |
In service Sept. 8, 1918
Truck 2 at Engine Co.3 |
|
1919 |
* Horses taken out of service:
Truck 1 -
The horse drawn 1910
Anderson City Service Truck (s/n73) was motorized with the 1913 Seagrave Tractor removed from Engine 30's Steamer. Placed in Relief -
The horse-drawn 1898
Seagrave City Service Truck (s/n 75) was motorized with the 1915 Christie Tractor that had been removed from Steamer s/n 21. |
|
1920 |
Taken out of service due to budget cuts:
Truck 3
Truck
4
Truck 5
|
|
1921 |
* Last fire horses taken out of service:
On July 19,1921 Water Tower 1, the last horse drawn Company on the LAFD was taken out of
service. The 1905 Gorter 65' was motorized with the
1918 American
La-France 2-wheeled Type 31 Tractor (s/n 22) taken from Engine
3's Steamer. The Gorter Water Tower was renumbered s/n 79 and returned to service at
Engine Co.24 on October 13, 1921 |
|
1921 |
Truck 5
restored to service and relocated to Engine Co.24 |
|
1922 |
On the morning of February 12, 1922, Truck 5 was
involved in a fatal accident at 9th and Stanford Street. Fireman H. J. Custer was killed
and five other firemen injured. The aerial trailor of s/n 77 was destroyed while the
tractor, which had been rebuilt with a water-cooled engine during 1919, was relatively
undamaged. The tractor was attached to a 1905 Seagrave 85' aerial (s/n74) and became s/n
77 Truck 5 and went back into service at Engine Co.5 on May 22, 1922. |
74 |
1922 |
American La-France 85'Trailer
attached to s/n 74's
1918 American La-France Tractor |
$7,750. |
In service Sept. 8, 1922
Truck 2 at Engine Co.3 |
|
1924 |
Restored to service:
Truck 3 at Engine Co.11
Truck 4 at Engine Co.29 |
190 |
1923 |
Seagrave L-856
85' Aerial |
$15,431. |
Truck 7 at Engine Co.28 |
191 |
1923 |
Seagrave L-856
85' Aerial |
$15,431. |
Truck 6 at Engine Co.4 |
192 |
1923 |
Seagrave L-856
85' Aerial |
$15,431. |
Truck 9 at Engine Co.27 |
193 |
1923 |
Seagrave L-856
85' Aerial |
$15,431. |
Truck 2 at Engine Co.3 |
194 |
1923 |
Seagrave L-856
85' AT |
$15,431. |
In service 1924
Truck 14 at Engine Co.48 |
195 |
1923 |
Stutz
City Service Truck |
$10,250. |
Truck 10 at Engine Co.2 |
196 |
1923 |
Stutz
City Service Truck |
$10,250. |
In service 1924
Truck 11 at Engine Co.30 |
197 |
1923 |
Stutz
City Service Truck |
$10,250. |
In service 1924
Truck 12 at Engine Co.1 |
198 |
1923 |
Stutz
City Service Truck |
$10,250. |
In service 1924
Truck 13 at Engine Co.22 |
199 |
1923 |
Stutz
City Service Truck |
$10,250 |
Relief |
|
1926 |
Water Tower 1 relocated to Engine Co.5 |
856 |
1926 |
Seagrave J-506
City Service Truck |
$11,750. |
Truck 5 at Engine Co.5 |
875 |
1928 |
Seagrave L-506
City Service Truck |
$12,495. |
Truck 18 at Engine Co.17 |
876 |
1928 |
Seagrave L-506
City Service Truck |
$12,495. |
Truck 8 at Engine Co.26 |
1004 |
1929 |
Seagrave L-506
City Service Truck |
$11,500. |
In service 1930
Truck 19 at Engine Co.61 |
1005 |
1929 |
Seagrave L-506
City Service Truck |
$11,500. |
Truck 16 at Engine Co.20 |
1011 |
1929 |
Seagrave L-506
City Service Truck |
$11,500. |
In service 1930
Truck 20 at Engine Co.66 |
1021 |
1930 |
Seagrave L-506
City Service Truck |
$11,490. |
Truck 4 at Engine Co.29 |
|
1932 |
*All Truck Company numbers changed December 7, 1932 to
match the station they are assigned. |
74 |
1936 |
American La France
V-12 Tractor |
$9,100. |
Truck 10 at Engine Co.10 |
1080 |
1938 |
American La France
City Service Truck |
$21,450. |
Truck 22 at Engine Co.22 |
1081 |
1938 |
American La France
City Service Truck |
$21,450. |
Truck 2 at Engine Co.2 |
1084 |
1938 |
Seagrave
100ft Metal Aerial |
$24,000. |
Truck 3 at Engine Co.3 |
1085 |
1938 |
American La-France
City Service Truck Water Tower |
$28,000. |
Truck 24 at Engine Co.3 |
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