New Haven
This classic 1901 photo
shows Steamer 5
stoked-up and pumping
during a training session
in Fair Haven. The huge
stream from the nozzle
demonstrates the
capability of the
mighty pump

This image was also used
as the cover photo for the
New Haven Firefighters
History Book.

(Photo courtesy of
BC Kevin DeLaney).

This late 1800's photo
shows a Silsby Steamer
pumping at the scene of
a fire in a 3-story
commercial bank building.

New Haven -This early
New Haven steamer photo
was taken in 1910.
Engineer T.F. Lowry
is at the reins.

New Haven Steamer Co. 2
returns from an alarm.

A matched team of white
horses pulls a steamer in
Stamford, CT at the turn
of the century.
(M. Palmer photo)

We think that this early
1920's motorized steamer
may be an old-timer from
Bridgeport, CT.

Classic Photos

New Haven Steamer 4 is seen racing through Wooster Square at the turn of the century with
Engineer Thomas DeLaney at the reins. (Photo ID by BC Kevin DeLaney - Grandson).

Engine 24 is flanked by a
motorcycle that may have
been used for fire patrols
or delivering messages.
City is unknown.

Chicago, IL - Four children
died in a fire in a 4 story
taxpayer in the city's South
Side on January 9th of 1947.

A Drill Tower class at the New
Haven Fire Academy poses
for a group photo in 1916.

Morris Cove Volunteers
roll out of their firehouse
on Lighthouse Rd.
1923 photo.

Fair Haven Heights
volunteers & their
apparatus circa 1916.
(NHCHA photo)

New Haven Engine Co. 1
on Howard Av.
Photo was
snapped in 1920.

The crash crew at the
Dayton Airport in Dayton
Ohio is ready for action.
We believe that this is
a late 1950's photo..

Fire ravaged this Lutheran
Church in Brooklyn, NY on
February 12th of 1944

Firefighters launched a
massive assault with
multiple master streams at
this 1940's ship fire.
Photo is unidentified.

This photo was labeled
"Mt. Carmel" and may be
of an industrial fire brigade
in the Hamden, CT area.

This great 1940's photo
is stamped "West
Englewood Studios" and
was taken by photographer
F.A. Depperman

This top-of-the-line
Seagrave pumper was
purchased by the
Stamford, CT FD in 1935.
(Matt Palmer photo).

This 1930's vintage pump
appears to be parked on
a town green and may be
engaged in some type
of demonstration.

This rare photo shows a
hose wagon that is labeled
C.F.D. 3. It appears to
have been taken in the
early 1900's.

This early 1920's photo is
of the South End Station in
Stamford, CT
(Matt Palmer photo).

Buffalo, NY - A 3 alarm
fire at the D.J. Mead &
Sons paper warehouse
extensively damaged the
5 story building on
March 12th of 1954.

Hamden, CT - Firefighters
pose with their apparatus
at Station 3 on Putnam Ave.
Taken in the late 1940's

Hamden, CT - Smoke billows
from the Lynn Motors used
car dealership on Dixwell
Ave. in 1951.
Photo ID by G. Merwere.

Meriden, CT - Firefighters
are driven back by intense
heat as a lumber yard is
consumed by fire in 1954.

Guilford, CT - L-R, FF Elton
Sheehan, Ken Wilson,
Allen Lawrence, Marcus
Scott & Carlos Stevens.
No ID on others - 1955.
(D. Lawrence photo).

Hamden, CT - Fire Chief
Paul Leddy is seen beside
his Maxim 75' aerial - 1961.
(Hamden FD photo).

Classic Photos

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