Columbus Neighborhoods: The Seagrave and Fortner Building Complex

For decades, the nation’s oldest manufacturer of fire trucks and other equipment was housed in a huge building on south High Street. But after the company moved to Clintonville, Wisconsin(!), Fortner, a fourth-generation Columbus upholstery firm, has worked to make this historic space its own.
Photos: Courtesy of Fortner and Matt Lee

[@lablaine1981]

We had #8 seagrave ladders in St Paul from 1951-1995... 25+ yrs service each trk co.fan since 1949, my #1 favorite,all time great apparatus 🗣️

[@kevinphillips4191]

my grandparents lived down there grandpa worked at seagraves he would leave work and go to his brothers bar called cookies and grandma said she would let the dog out and he would meet grandpa at the bar i was told so many great stories grandpa later went to rockwell and spun airplane noses on a lathe and grandma worked at general motors thank you for this story

[@gregorysampson8759]

It's just fantastic!