DARLEY & CO. FIRE APPARATUS
1908-2000 Photo Archive, Matt Lee, 2002
Family owned — family run!
Unique in the fire apparatus industry, Darley is a family run business that makes its own pumps and assembles complete apparatus. Follow the story of the Darley company from its beginnings as a municipal supply catalog company through the development of its first pumps, then complete fire apparatus and on up to the current day.
A fascinating story that will delight fire apparatus enthusiasts everywhere. Large format, detailed photos illustrate the complete line of Darley equipment from the first pumps to today’s modern apparatus.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Matt Lee has had a lifelong interest in old cars, trucks and fire engines.
As a technical writer for the Ford Motor Company, he has gained a fondness for detail that sets his books apart from the norm.
Lee has owned 56 antique vehicles, taught shop part time for 20 years, and is a trustee of the National Auto Collection at the Detroit Public Library.
Books he has authored include: Seagrave, Detroit Fire Department Apparatus History, A Pictorial History of the Fire Engine, Vol. 1, and A Pictorial History of the Fire Engines, Vol. 2. Matt is the co-author of Classic Seagrave 1935-1951 Photo Archive.
Matt's books are considered among the best written books on fire apparatus and only A Pictorial History of the Fire Engine, Vol. 2, Classic Seagrave 1935-1951 Photo Archive and this title are still available (through this website).
10 1/4" x 8 1/2", 128 pages, 134 B&W photos, softcover, ISBN: 1-58388-061-5, BD0800 / $29.95
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