A 100-year-old American LaFrance fire truck, the first new truck for Waverly, IA, is back home after firefighters worked to return the piece of history to the community.
According to a report broadcast by News7 KWWL, the truck was brought back to Waverly after three years of negotiations. After the truck was retired from Waverly, it was sold to Redfield, IA, and later sold to an Indianola family where it stayed for 60 years, the television station reported.
Waverly officers and firefighters brought the apparatus back home recently where it joined two other important trucks from the community’s history in the Waverly Fire Museum. The department hopes to restore the apparatus and use it for parades, weddings and funerals, as well as make it available for public display, the NBC affiliate reported.
