One of the Student Fire Department's two engines, a 1 ton, 400 gallon water tank Ford equipped with 150 feet of hose. Elie Shneour, one of the founding members of the Fire Department, suggested that the fire truck be white, rather than red, to...
Students practice extinguishing a fire. Practice commenced every Wednesday afternoon. In the foreground is the Fire Department's 1 ton, 400 gallon water tank Ford equipped with 150 feet of hose.
Pictured here are both of the Fire Department's engines: in front is the 1928 Ford fire truck onto which was placed the original pumping unit bought by the students in 1948, and following it is the 1 ton white truck with a 400 gallon water tank. In...
Four men stand posed around the Bard College Fire Department Engine #2: one at the passenger door, one at the driver side door, and two at the front bumper. The truck contained a 1 ton, 400 gallon water tank and 150 feet of hose. The stone building...
This form was used to keep track of each railroad car as it was in each depot, loading, unloading plus the cause for any delay. Reports sent daily to both headquarters and division offices.
A physics demonstration involving a tank of liquid, a lensed instrument, and measuring tools. There are three men around this device. One person (possibly a student) is making adjustments, and appears to be looking through the lens of the...
This is a photograph facing west of the Lederle Laboratories campus. In the foreground there is a small brick building, with a landscaped yard in front of it. Behind this building there is large industrial structure of pipes, gears, and catwalks...
This is a night view of tanks, gauges, copper tubes, etc. run with metal stairs and walkways around them. This is the Solvent Recovery Unit at Lederle Laboratories. The levels vary from one story to three stories, with lit lights throughout. There...
Two pictures. In the first picture is a water tank. The second picture shows a line of buildings along railroad tracks. In the distance there is a bridge over the tracks.
From an airplane, most of the Village of Nyack is visible. At the foot of Main Street is the old marina with its "lighthouse," (once an oil storage tank) and the old ferry terminal.
In the center of this aerial view are the ferry boats and ferry slips of Nyack's waterfront. The post office, the Liberty Street School, and the gas tank of Rockland Light and Power are other identifiable features.
In 1951, the Rockland Light and Power Company had a gas plant on right side of the street and a gas holding tank on the left. Both were later demolished as were the small houses seen on the left in front of the huge tank.
At the foot of Burd Street once stood a building, an old storage tank, that had been redesigned to look like a lighthouse. It was used as a retail business. Slightly uphill are houses and warehouses.
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Everett "Smoky" Wanamaker talks about Empire Hook and Ladder Company in Upper Nyack and the role of the Wanamkaer family in the department. The origins of "The Goosetown against the World" slogan of the department are discussed as well as some of...
A wooded area between Sparkill and Palisades, overlooking the Piermont Marsh, was once an oil tank 'farm.' This is one of very few photographs which show the tanks. The land is now part of Tallman Mountain State Park, where the berms between the...
In 1950, the Nyack waterfront was a shambles. Lumber, cardboard and a ladder lie on the ground in front of the main building. The former ferry terminal had become the Nyack Air Marine Base. The gas storage tank on the right would later be...
In this old photo, Nyack's proximity to the mighty Hudson River is evident. Many buildings are clearly delineated. At center right is the Standard Oil tank. In the center is the old spire of the First Reformed Church. Behind it is the Commercial...
