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2010- The General

$10.00

In 1934 a big new truck, nicknamed "The General," came to West Chicago from the General Manufacturing Company of St. Louis. The handsome machine had a 113-horsepower, six-cylinder motor capable of speeds up to 70 mph. Its high-speed centrifugal pump discharged water at the guaranteed rate of 500 gallons per minute. The truck was in regular service until 1960, and then placed on reserve. It provided needed service in the 1962 American Legion fire.

In 1934 a big new truck, nicknamed "The General," came to West Chicago from the General Manufacturing Company of St. Louis. The handsome machine had a 113-horsepower, six-cylinder motor capable of speeds up to 70 mph. Its high-speed centrifugal pump discharged water at the guaranteed rate of 500 gallons per minute. The truck was in regular service until 1960, and then placed on reserve. It provided needed service in the 1962 American Legion fire.