{"id":3970,"date":"2018-11-08T07:06:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T12:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=3970"},"modified":"2018-11-08T07:06:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T12:06:52","slug":"vintage-photo-of-raleighs-old-tiller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/vintage-photo-of-raleighs-old-tiller\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Photo of Raleigh’s Old Tiller"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a vintage picture that I don’t believe we’ve shared before. Truck 1 at Station 2 at Memorial Auditorium. That’s the original tiller with its new cab, a 1939 ALF cab towing a 1916 ALF trailer. Two-section, crank-operated, wooden aerial ladder.<\/p>\n

Aerial Ladder Truck 1 was originally cross-staffed with the service ladder truck, a 1922 ALF. Both were housed at the original Station 1 on West Morgan Street.<\/p>\n

When that station closed in 1941, the ladder trucks were moved to Station 2 at Memorial Auditorium, because they couldn’t fit into the new temporary Station 1, at old Station 2 on South Salisbury Street. Follow?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Engine 2 was then displaced to the new temporary Station 1 and, in fact, Mr. Blogger theorizes, thus began the tradition of having two engines at Station 1. Thinking that the double engines “got good” to the chiefs, and they continued the concept.<\/p>\n

When Station 6 opened on Fairview Road in 1949–the permanent one, not the original rented building opened in 1943 and closed in 1948–the service ladder truck was moved there. Engine 2 was moved back to Memorial. And the ladder stayed there until the current Station 1 opened on South Dawson Street in 1953. Got it? Good, there will be a quiz.<\/p>\n

Side note, the Engine 2 movement is still partially speculated. Haven’t found supporting docs, like original log books. Just based on photos and inferences.<\/p>\n

As for the photo, it’s courtesy Charles Watson. His father is one of the Masons in the picture, Elwin Watson from Kenly, NC.<\/p>\n

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