The dean of steam fire engine builders
By: by Ed Hass.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Kes-Print
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Shawnee Mission, KS
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Ahrens, Johann Christoph, 1834-1919; Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Co. -- History; Industrialists -- United States -- Biography; Fire engines -- United States -- History
Description: History of Ahrens steam fire engines, built in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1852 to 1916. Includes specifications and histories on each steam fire engine, B&W photos of many of them,  plus corporate hostory and biographies of company excutives. Based largely on surviving factory records.
Notes: Includes indexes (lists of steam fire engines built). Book is out of print, but can sometimes still be found for sale online, with second-hand prices ranging from $50 to $150; only 1000 hardcovers were printed, and no paperback editions. Author/published Ed Hass moved to 9315 East Lake Drive, Elk Grove, CA 95758. Email ehass@yahoo.com or visit web site, www.affba.org. In 2008-2009, published two computer CDs that update and expand on contents of this 1986 book--one CD covers period of 1852-1892, the other 1905-1916, over 1,500 pages of text, photos, and historic documents between the two CDs. A third computer CD is planned, covering 1892 to 1917, again in much more detail than the printed book. Also has many more titles about fire engines and old trucks, all on computer CDs, and is no longer publishing traditional paper books.