ENGINE COMPANY 13

Brighton

Brighton Fire Company

CFDHISTORY ---›Companies ---› ENGINES ---› ENGINE COMPANY 13

Members Who Died In The Line:

  Henry Dressel - October 16, 1863

The 13's house on Bank Street. Engine 13, Truck 2, District 3, and Fuel 2 are shown.
Photo Steve Hagy Collection

1951 Seagrave 1000 GPM - 100 Tank Shop #25183
The concrete railing above the 13's apparatus marks the route of Central Parkway and also the location of Cincinnati's never completed subway. The tubes for the mass transit system are just on the other side of the wall from the rig.
Photo Ed Effron

1951 Seagrave 1000 GPM - 100 Tank Shop #25183
Photo Ed Effron

1945 Mack 1250 GPM - 100 Tank Shop #25167
Two pumpers were delivered to the C.F.D. by Mack during 1945. The twin to this unit was assigned to Engine 43. This photo shows the engine near the factory at Long Island City, Queens.
Photo Dan Martin Collection

1917 Ahrens-Fox 750 GPM
Photo Steve Hagy Collection

Participation in neighborhood parades during the horse drawn era could result in the apparatus being decorated by the firefighters. Here the 13's hose wagon is ready to go!
Photo Steve Hagy collection

Former Quarters of Engine 13 and Engine 29.
Photo George Bredestege