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No. 56 Keystone Water Pump Tower Fire Truck Engine | Model Cars1025 of 1425 |  |  |
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Found this old fire engine truck at the thrift store in Indianapolis. I believe it's out of the 1920's. Keystone Trucks and Hood Ballon Tires are embossed on the tires. If you have more info, please share.
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Model Fire TrucksToy fire engines first appeared around 1880, made of cast iron and tinplate…
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The vehicle appears to be a Water Tower designed to deliver high volumes of water to the upper stories of buildings. The water was from hydrants and pumped to the Tower by pumping engines.
If the aerial device had rungs it would have been an aerial ladder.
Water Towers did not usually have a water tank - but this toy has one that could probably be filled and pumped up to a nozzle at the end of the tower by a small hand pump somewhere on the toy.
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