Bigmatt270

On 8/24/2014 at 10:06 PM, bulldogboy said:

1955Maxim:

Thanks for the info on the "NO" brush breaker. I didn't know that there was an ammunitions depot in Hingham (now Bare Cove Park). Bethlehem Steel had a shipyard in Hingham where it built Navy ships

during World War II. In 1942, Mack delivered two LS-80 coupe cab pumpers to the shipyard. After the war, one LS-80 was given to the Boston Fire Dep't where it served as Engine 54 at the Long Island

Hospital Fire Brigade. The second LS-80 was given to the Paxton, MA Fire Department where it served as Engine 3. The Paxton engine is now owned and being restored by the Rhode Island Antique

Fire Apparatus Society. Who knew that quaint, little Hingham was such a hubbub of activity during WW II.

41chevy:

Good luck with restoring the "NO", nice save of a rare and historic truck.

bulldogboy

The 1942 Mack that went to Boston Fire Dept. was scrapped in 1984. 

I have attached a picture of the truck as Boston Engine 54.