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Southborough Ladder 21
August 01, 2019 | MASSACHUSETTS
CHUCK LOWE, Correspondent
Photo by Chuck LoweOld school Ladder 21.
Photo by Chuck LoweModern day Tower 21.
This article is a direct street report from our correspondent and has not been edited by the 1st Responder newsroom.
Southborough's Truck Company once operated a 1964 American LaFrance 100-foot mid-mount aerial with an open cab as Ladder 21. It did not have a pump or water tank.
The modern day aerial for this department is a 2010 Smeal 100-foot tower built on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. It has a 1500-GPM pump with 350-gallons of water and 20-gallons of class A foam.