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Picture Tolland: The 1st Motorized Truck

The latest installment of the Picture Tolland series.

Tolland's first motorized fire truck.
Tolland's first motorized fire truck. (Tolland Fire Department)

TOLLAND, CT — The latest installment of the Picture Tolland series takes us back to the town's first motorized fire truck.

The 1919 Pierce Arrow car was converted into a fire truck by Tolland Firemen in 1930.

The vehicle was equipped with axes, nozzles, fire extinguishers, ladders, and two "agriculture -type" hand pumps.

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The truck pictured was replaced by a 1934 Ford pumper in 1934 and later sold.


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