ENGINE COMPANY 48

Carthage - Disbanded 1975

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Members Who Died In The Line:

  John Nehus - May 26, 1942

When this card was issued there were still 6 District Marshall's (no District Chief's back then) on duty. District's 4, 5, and 6 were assigned on Box 2727.
Photo Cincinnati Fire Department

After Engine 48 moved from their Vine Street quarters the building was converted for use as Police District 4. Notice the cars out front in the then standard C.P.D. powder blue paint scheme.
Photo George Miller

Engine 48's second run with their new Seagrave engine in June of 1974. The location is Anthony Wayne Avenue in Hartwell just south of the city limits.
Photo Steve Hagy

With only 2 days of front line service remaining for the Mack, the crew of Engine 48 has their new 1974 Seagrave at quarters for driver training.
Photo Steve Hagy

1974 Seagrave 1000 GPM - 300 Gallon Tank Shop #4668

This photo shows the rig on the Saturday before it was placed into service.
Photo Steve Hagy

1952 Mack 1000 GPM - 100 Gallon Tank Shop #25186
The 48's are in the rear of Woodward High School for a chlorine leak response at the pool in the summer of 1970.
Photo Steve Hagy

1952 Mack 1000 GPM - 100 Gallon Tank Shop #25186
In this photo the 48's are in the drill yard at Engine 29 during the Spring of 1974.
Photo Steve Hagy

This photo was taken in March of 2005 and shows the same watch area as in the picture below. Not much remains of the old set up. Engine and Truck 2 are now located at the station at 18 E. Seymour Avenue.
Photo Steve Hagy

This photo shows the watch desk area at the 48's house shortly after the station opened in 1939. The engine seen through the window is the pumper shown in the Ahrens-Fox advertisement below. Who remembers the "Holdout" and "Acknowledge" buttons set into the base where the alarm register is located!

The large metal contraption is the teletype machine (all of those messages about hydrants in and out of service clattering out of that machine), and the 48's alarm assignments are listed on the file on the wall (to the left of the Pepsi calendar). The board for marking companies in and out of service is mounted on the wall to the right.
Photo W. F. Franklin

Since Cincinnati was the home of the Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Company, fire stations, personnel, and apparatus from the Queen City were used in Ahrens-Fox advertising. This ad appeared in the December 26, 1928 issue of Fire Engineering magazine. Shown is a Cincinnati firefighter using a hydrant thawing device. The location is the Eden Park pumping station that eventually became the Fire Tower. The pumper is a 1921 Ahrens-Fox 750 assigned to Engine 48.
Photo Steve Hagy Collection

1913 Republic/Ahrens-Fox 250 GPM
The 48's are on the ramp of their new station with a new Ahrens-Fox!
Photo Steve Hagy Collection