1928 Prospect - Deluge  city service ladder truck

The above photo shows the Cambridge Fire Departments 1928 Prospect - Deluge Master Firefighter city service ladder truck. This apparatus was the only "quad" built by The Prospect Fire Engine Company.

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The ladder truck shown was purchased in 1928 and arrived in January of the same year. It was equipped with a 500 gallon a minute Prospect pump, fire hose, ground ladders, a large life net and other firefighting equipment. For several years the Seagraves pumper and the Prospect ladder truck operated as a two piece company and responded to most fires in the city. In later years the ladder truck was replaced and sat at the Cambridge City Park as a toy for children to play on. It was eventually purchased by a local farmer and turned into a hay wagon. An inglorious end for a rare piece of firefighting history.