The Sixties
In 1964, the company added a utility truck at a cost of $7,000.00. This unit was used primarily as a communications facility, and was known as “605”.
In October 1965, ground breaking ceremonies for a new firehouse were held. The building was dedicated on September 9, 1967, in conjunction with the housing of a 100-foot (30 m) American LaFrance mid-mount ladder truck costing $65,000.00. Construction costs of the 1526 Bethlehem Pike firehouse amounted to $165,000.00.
On February 20, 1968, the fire company acquired a new 1000 GPM American LaFrance pumper with a 750-gallon tank. This was called 603. A 1250 GPM American LaFrance called 602 with a 1000-gallon tank was housed on September 22, 1973. Then in September 1978 housing ceremonies took place for a new American LaFrance 100-foot (30 m), rear-mounted ladder called 601.
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Famous quotes containing the word sixties:
“I want a revamped feminism. Putting the vamp back means the lady must be a tramp. My generation of the Sixties rebels wanted to smash the bourgeois codes that had become authoritarian totems of the Fifties.... Thirty years later, we’re still stuck with the [”nice” girl].”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)
“The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn’t the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.”
—John Lennon (1940–1980)