Saving Shapleigh

The intrepid band of volunteers who fight fires in this town hasn't forgotten either the Great Fire of '47 or the American LaFrance pumper of '73 - which

The intrepid band of volunteers who fight fires in this town hasn't forgotten either the Great Fire of '47 or the American LaFrance pumper of '73 - which they built with their own hands.
Image subjects: firemen fighting house fire
the LaFrance pumper truck
fireman Ed Wood at fire
Duane Romano at coffee counter
John Burrell at wheel of fire truck
Richard Goodwin, Sr. with daughter
firemen at firehouse

Location: Shapleigh

By: Paul Mann
and Galen Winter

Photography by: Michele Stapleton

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