Seven Chemical and Hose Cars for Detroit
The fire department of Detroit, Mich., recently acquired seven Packard-Obenchain-Boyer chemical and hose cars, equipped with two 35-gallon chemical tanks, and body with capacity of 1,000 feet of hose. The apparatus has a 12-foot wheel base and is equipped with 36 x 6 pneumatic tires. The illustrations show one of these cars with Chief of the Detroit fire department in the scat, and next to him, on the right, Fire Commissioner Metzger.
The fire department of Detroit, Mich., recently acquired seven Packard-Obenchain-Boyer chemical and hose cars, equipped with two 35-gallon chemical tanks, and body with capacity of 1,000 feet of hose. The apparatus has a 12-foot wheel base and is equipped with 36 x 6 pneumatic tires. The illustrations show one of these cars with Chief of the Detroit fire department in the scat, and next to him, on the right, Fire Commissioner Metzger.
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