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Vintage fire truck gets new heart A R N E P E T RYS H E N
CRANBROOK HISTORY CENTRE
Phase I of museum set to open BARRY COULTER
Exciting days are at hand for the Cranbrook Heritage Centre. The museum and archives complex, formerly known as the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel, will be holding a grand opening of Phase 1 of the new Cranbrook Museum and model railway display. Events are set for Friday, May 1 (members only) and Saturday, May 2 (general public). “The conceptual designs were done a year and a half ago,” said Charlotte Murray, the Centre’s Executive Director. “It’s been evolving ever since. “Different members of the community have loaned us artifacts” Phase 1 of the Cranbrook Museum is the lower flow of the eastern side of the complex, known as the freight shed. It is now home to a growing collection of displays and artifacts representing a comprehensive history of Cranbrook and the East Kootenay. These include paleontological and paleogeological artifacts, natural history and wildlife (including donations from Aasland Taxidermy), examples of heritage fashion (including, notably, one of the first wedding dresses ever worn in Cranbrook), and business and railroad history. There is also a section devoted to the Ktunaxa.
See PHASE I, Page 4
Thanks to a band of volunteers the City’s 1929 International Ladder fire truck will have a newer engine and drivetrain. The volunteers are mostly made up of current firefighters, along with Larry LaPointe at the helm of the project. The truck carried ladders and equipment like shovels and axes for the fire fighters of the day. A water pump sits on the front. The truck was originally being worked on at the Public Works yard, but a concerns from the City lead to the project being moved to LaPointe’s garage. LaPointe explained that the purpose of what the engine and transmission swap is to deal with a number of issues that the 86-yearold fire truck had while running. “They’d have trouble in the parades, it ran hot and was hard to shift and those kinds of things,” he added. For instance, the truck had a manual gearbox that required double clutching, which was difficult to do smoothly. The engine was also not very cooperative at staying running in the parades, LaPointe said. The old engine won’t go to waste — with plans for a cosmetic restoration and a display spot on the fire hall.
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ARNE PETRYSHEN PHOTO
Larry LaPointe (standing on truck) and firefighters Murray Robertson and Paul Relkoff are volunteering their time, working to restore a 1929 International Ladder fire truck. The work is taking place at LaPointe’s home in Cranbrook.
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