LADDER 1
Renumbered Ladder 3

Downtown

Phoenix Hook & Ladder Company

CFDHISTORY ---›Companies ---› Ladders ---› LADDER 1
Renumbered Ladder 3

Members Who Died In The Line:

  J.S. Chamberlain - February 25, 1843

  Capt. Mathias Schwab - October 20, 1869

  W.H. Anders - August 13, 1878

2015 Rosenbauer 100' Aerial Shop #51650
This apparatus has a much shorter wheelbase and overall length in comparison to
any of the other rearmount aerials on the roster.
Photo Steve Hagy

2015 Rosenbauer 100' Aerial Shop #51650
Photo Steve Hagy

2001 Emergency One 110' Aerial Shop #21650
Photo David J. Jones

1994 Emergency One 110' Aerial Shop #41650
1 of 2 purchased, this was the first rear mount aerial in service with the C.F.D.
Photo Steve Hagy

1994 Emergency One 110' Aerial Shop #41650
The two aerials delivered in 1994 can be distinguished from later deliveries by the ground ladders mounted on the side.
Photo Steve Hagy

1983 Seagrave 100' Aerial Shop #31650
This was the only ladder purchased in 1983. Truck 1 is shown shortly after being placed in service while on a detail to the Cincinnati Fire Museum.
Photo Steve Hagy

1982 Pirsch 100' Aerial Shop #21650
This was the only Pirsch apparatus purchased by the C.F.D. Here Truck 1 is seen heading south on Clark Street during the annual fire prevention week parade in Chicago during 1982. The rig was on the way to Cincinnati from Kenosha, Wisconsin and the driver decided to participate in the parade.
Photo Steve Hagy

1967 Seagrave 100' Aerial Shop #4614
1 of 2 purchased.
Photo Steve Hagy

1967 Seagrave 100' Aerial Shop #4614
The firefighter in the tiller position still didn't have a roof over his head when this rig was purchased!
Photo Steve Hagy

1967 Seagrave 100' Aerial Shop #4614
Truck 1 passes by Music Hall during the St. Patricks Day parade.
Photo Steve Hagy

1954 Seagrave 100' Aerial Shop #25232
Looks like a Trucker is headed up the aerial
at a fire somewhere in Truck 1's district.
Photo George Miller

1954 Seagrave 100' Aerial Shop #25232
This appratus was placed in service on January 25, 1955. The purchase price was $37,000.00.
The truck is seen parked on 9th Street just across the street from quarters.
Photo Ed Effron

This fire on east side of Main Street between 4th and 5th Streets has attracted quite a crowd. Engine 3 is running with a 1935 Mack engine and a 1918 Ahrens-Fox hose wagon while Truck 1 has a 1941 Seagrave aerial.
Photo Steve Hagy Collection

1941 Seagrave 100' Aerial Shop #25217
This was the first 100 foot aerial on the roster and the first metal aerial purchased by the C.F.D.
When photographed the truck was being kept as a spare. Notice the
lack of doors on the fully-open cab.
Photo Ed Effron

Truck 1 in the yard at the drill school. A couple of lines are being supplied to the 1934 Mack aerial by an Ahrens-Fox pumper..
Photo Steve Hagy Collection.

1934 Mack 85' Aerial Shop #25201
Truck 1 placed the rig in service November 10, 1934. The photo was taken along Hopkins Street on the south side of Union Terminal.
Photo Sheila Buff Collection

This photo was taken in Newport, Kentucky on 4th Street across from the old Newport F.D. headquarters station. The ladder company is a C.F.D. unit operating a Seagrave aerial with an
Ahrens-Fox tractor. The occasion is most likely a demonstration for the Newport firefighters while they considered the purchase of their first aerial truck. The N.F.D. took delivery of
a 75' Seagrave tiller in 1922. It appears that many of the locals have turned out to watch. That's the rear end of a hearse on the right.
Photo Jim Murray Collection

1917 Ahrens-Fox Tractor/1917 Seagrave 85' Aerial Trailer
Truck 1 is posed in front of "The Big Ship" at 7th & Sycamore Streets.
Photo Steve Hagy Collection

1903 Seagrave 85' Aerial
The crew of 8 firefighters poses with their new ladder that was placed in service on April 3, 1903.
Photo Steve Hagy Collection

This photo of the Phoenix Ladder Company dates to around 1870. The horse drawn wagon is quite long and carries an assortment of ladders that are stacked on top of one another and have a large leather strap holding them in place. In order to reach the ladders at the bottom of the stack, all of the ladders above must first be removed. This would be a very time consuming process while fighting a fire. The ladders carried by the Phoenix Ladder Company would have been the longest available in the city.

A total of 12 ladders were carried. Other equipment included 4 leather, 2 1/2 gallon water buckets, hooks, 2 leather belts, 100 feet of rope, 4 axes and 5 lanterns. The buckets and lanterns can be seen hanging underneath the apparatus. Two horses were assigned to this company to pull this cumbersom vehicle. Also note that on the far right side of the firehouse is one of the first alarm boxes installed in the city.
Photo Cincinnati Fire Department