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Hans Halberstadt
Softcover
192 pages
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Fire Engines
$29.95
With sirens screaming, this blazing book delivers a stunning tribute to firefighting history over the past 200 years. From human bucket brigades and horse-drawn steam pumpers, Fire Engines arrives on-scene to fans the flames of technology from the earliest rigs to today’s powerful trucks, engines and rescue vehicles. Rugged workhorses from American LaFrance, Emergency One, Mack, Ahrens-Fox and Seagrave, together with first-hand interviews and vintage advertisements, present a red-hot look at the battle to control civilization’s oldest enemy
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| Weight | 0.885 kg |
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| Dimensions | 25.4 × 25.4 × 1.60 cm |
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