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Post by malcom tibbs on Jan 14, 2009 12:53:27 GMT -5
enjoy
JB
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Post by F-Man on Jan 15, 2009 10:36:38 GMT -5
The top video might be the 1952 State Drill in East Rochester. I gotta go back and find some pictures I know I have posted, but there appears to be a service station on the right at the end by the arch that resembles the one in photos I have.....
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Post by Historian on Jan 16, 2009 9:35:43 GMT -5
Malcolm: Many thanks for finding this footage and posting for all of us to enjoy! You Da Man!
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Post by malcom tibbs on Jan 17, 2009 8:43:29 GMT -5
Malcolm: Many thanks for finding this footage and posting for all of us to enjoy! You Da Man! I always enjoy what others bring to the table here, the first thing I thought of when I found this footage was to upload it for everyone else. |
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Post by driver7789 on Jan 20, 2009 23:51:05 GMT -5
Part of 2nd video(1st 7+ minutes) 1950 state drill at Syracuse
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Post by GuardrailGeek on Jan 22, 2009 10:04:32 GMT -5
driver7789: I think the first 4 minutes are from the 1952 State Drill in East Rochester.
(It has the Syosset Nightraiders are running thier 51' Ford C-truck)
Scenes from 4:09 thru 7:32 are from Syracuse in 1950.
I think the last part of that film may be Coessens Park, in Amsterdam, site of the 1953 State Drill.
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Post by driver7789 on Jan 23, 2009 2:59:32 GMT -5
geek: it was hard to tell because they didn't use a gate on the
hydrant in all drills until 1954-that was the confusing part.
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Post by 911pix on Jan 23, 2009 9:37:18 GMT -5
So I get this right, are you saying that 1954 was the year they went from a wheel on top of the hydrant to a 1/4-turn ball valve such as is used today?
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Post by F-Man on Jan 23, 2009 15:09:01 GMT -5
Not all the time. It was a crap shoot what kind of hydrant you were going to competing with. Some had wheels, and some had 1/4 turn valves, but right about then is when they went completely 1/4.
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Post by GuardrailGeek on Jan 24, 2009 8:29:51 GMT -5
geek: it was hard to tell because they didn't use a gate on the hydrant in all drills until 1954-that was the confusing part. That is a great detail you have picked up. This has got to be one of the oldest film, or picture I have ever seen the 1/4 turn gate used. PS- Bring back the wheel! |
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Post by driver7789 on Jan 24, 2009 14:19:59 GMT -5
the WHEEL-thebest cure for water flow problems
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Post by Abbie2372 on Jan 25, 2009 9:17:21 GMT -5
In the second film, at 2:30 into it, whats the deal with the Official strolling on the course as the event is being run? Looks like a protest to me.
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Post by Old Fart on Jan 25, 2009 10:06:02 GMT -5
Nawww.... back in the day, they weren't weasels looking for a cheap protest.
If ya fluked, ya fluked.......NO XQSEZ. (EXCUSES)
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