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NJ Memories, Sept 2025
September 01, 2025 | NEW JERSEY
THOMAS DAYSPRING, Correspondent
Photo by THOMAS DAYSPRING COLLECTION/NY EDISON CO. CIRCA 1917Paterson Engine Company exiting Headquarters in 1921. The cab with solid rubber tires is electric powered, but the rear is an attached 1903 Metropolitan Steam pumper.
Photo by THOMAS DAYSPRING COLLECTION/NY EDISON CO. CIRCA 1917Paterson Truck Company 2, a tillered electric powered aerial with solid rubber tires, exiting Headquarters (note the large life net on the side of trailor and with firefighters on the running board).
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1917 electric powered apparatus (made by Commercial Truck Company of Philadelphia). Each wheel had its own individual motor.
THOMAS DAYSPRINGCorrespondent
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