History of the american steam fire engine

[peatoluser]

for those who've been following steamin's build of the la france fire engine here:-

http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=12689.45

and what a superb model and display of craftsmanship it is. Along with marine engines, I think they make great prototypes for the basis of a model (Damn! something else for that ever growing to-do list!)
I found this book on the internet about their history

http://www.archive.org/stream/historyamerican01kinggoog#page/n16/mode/2up

lots of pictures for inspiration

peter