CG-US53605 Corgi Fire Truck Diecast Model, Waukesha Fire Dept, "Engine No.7"

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Corgi Heroes Under Fire US53605Peter Pirsch & Sons Open Cab Pumper Diecast ModelWaukesha Fire Dept, "Engine No.7", Waukesha, WI, 1949 Limited Edition1148Pieces Worldwide1:50 Scale Length Width Peter Pirsch & Sons Open Cab Pumper 6" 2"The Pirsch manufacturing facility was in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Due to that, there were many Pirsch apparatus throughout Wisconsin and the rest of the Midwest from the 1940s through the 1970s. The Waukesha Fire Department received Serial #1830 on March 7, 1949.Peter Pirsch & Sons Open Cab Pumper Peter Pirsch was the son of a wagon builder and the founder of Pirsch and Sons, Incorporated, a Wisconsin designer and builder fire engines. Originally manufacturing hand- and horsedrawn ladder trucks, Pirsch and Sons went on to build motorized pumpers, chemical and hose trucks, starting in 1926 with a 150 to 750gpm pumper on a Rambler chassis. Pirsch and Sons continued to manufacture fire trucks for more than 60 years, producing a range of vehicles from articulated ladder trucks to cab-forward and conventional cab models. The last Pirsch and Sons truck was manufactured in 1987, after reorganization forced the company to discontinue its production line.© Copyright 2003-2016 The Flying Mule, Inc.Corgi's 1:50 scale Peter Pirsch fire trucks feature diecast metal chassis and diamond pattern running boards. The chrome-plated read more