BRYAN EATON/Staff photo. The handtub firefighting apparatus Red Ring built in 1826 sits in front of a modern fire engine given the same name at the Salisbury Fire Department with, from left, retired firefighter Danny Frost, chief Richard Souliotis and call firefighter Keith Sullivan. Sullivan and other firefighters are leading a drive to purchase the piece from Ring's Island resident Frost who bought it back in 1969.

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