#339 Seagrave Fire Equipment

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 This was the Canadian subsidiary of Seagraves of Ohio, who set up their new business in Walkerville (part of Windsor), Ontario in 1905. 

There first sales were to the City of Vancouver in 1907, three gas engine fire engines, the first three made in this country. No pictures of that order, but above is the first unit sold to Ottawa in 1911, Frederick Seagrave stands to the far right. Below is London's first pumper, "Old Mike", which started service in 1914 and continued in regular use until 1947. The company made hundreds of fire engines, but increased competition from American LaFrance, who had set up in Toronto in 1915, caused Seagrave to struggle. They finally closed the doors in 1923.