Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Borough Orders Engine For Vigilant’s

On April 29, 1975 Shippensburg Borough Council awarded a $46,940 contract to the Brumbaugh Body Co. Inc. of Altoona for a new borough engine to be placed at the Vigilant Hose Company. The International chassis had already been purchased from Frey Motors of Chambersburg for $13,540 the previous year. The new engine was to be built with a 1,250 gallon-per-minute pump and equipped to carry 700 gallons of water. Delivery was to be March 1976.

I bet you were expecting a photograph of the International engine, I will save that for when it arrives or a detailed history of the rig. The photo is from an accident that occurred on this date in 1991. The accident was on Interstate 81 between exits 9 and 10 in the north bound lane, Southampton Township Franklin county. The driver of the truck was killed but his dog survived the accident.

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