Hahn Fire Apparatus, also known as Hahn Motors, was a

fire engine A fire engine (also known in some places as a fire truck or fire lorry) is a road vehicle (usually a truck) that functions as a firefighting apparatus. The primary purposes of a fire engine include transporting firefighters and water to an ...

s and apparatus and

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builder formerly located in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

, within

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. Berks-Mont News: Hahn Motors reunion brings glory days to Hamburg"
14 June 2014 article, accessed 1.1.2016. It was in operation from 1916 until its closure in 1989.

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The company manufactured custom and commercial fire engines and firefighting apparatus. Hahn manufactured its own chassis for its fire engines. They were also for commercial trucks it built, such as delivery vehicles and construction vehicles. The company also built

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es.

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