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The listing below contains information on the museum's major holdings of hand and horse drawn apparatus.  Click on the description of each piece to go to a page with a photograph and additional information.

 

Year
Nation
Maker
Description
1725
England
Newsham
Hand drawn 5th size manual fire engine
1740
England
Newsham
Hand drawn 3rd size manual fire engine
1760
England
Newsham
Hand drawn and carried manual fire engine
1820
England
Simpkins
Hand drawn manual fire engine
1838
England
Merryweather
Hand drawn manual estate fire engine
1880
England
Merryweather
Hand pushed barrow style fire engine
1850
England
Shand Mason
Hand drawn manual estate fire engine
1870
England
Shand Mason
Horse drawn curricle style manual fire engine
1890
England
Shand Mason
Horse drawn steam powered fire engine
1838
France
A. Thirion
Hand drawn manual fire engine
1850
France
Sohy & Durey
Hand drawn manual fire engine
1894
Austria
Knaust
Horse drawn manual fire engine
1901
Austria
Knaust
Horse drawn manual fire engine
1820
Japan
 
8 manual engines and pumps
1825
U.S.
American Hydraulic Co.
Hand drawn manual rotary fire engine
1844
U.S.
Bates / Jeffers
Horse drawn manual fire engine. Ex - Pawtucket, RI
1852
U.S.
Howard & Davis
Hand drawn manual fire engine. Ex - Grafton, MA
1852
U.S.
Hunneman
Hand drawn manual fire engine. Ex - Exeter, NH
1866
U.S.
Hunneman
Hand drawn manual fire engine w/ jumper. Ex - Rockport, ME
1855
U.S.
Button
Hand drawn 1st size fire engine. Ex - New London, CT
1865
U.S.
Rumsey
Hand drawn manual village fire engine. Ex - Centerville, WI
1850
U.S.
Crafted
Hand drawn ladder wagon. Ex - Centerville, WI
1880
U.S.
Rumsey
Hand drawn manual village fire engine. Ex - New Bloomington, OH
1880
U.S.
Rumsey
Hand drawn manual mill fire engine
1882
U.S.
Howe
Horse drawn horse powered rotary fire engine
1872
U.S.
Steiner
Horse drawn chemical engine. Ex - Cleveland, OH.
1890
U.S.
Crafted. From Studebaker wagon
Horse drawn hose and ladder sled. Ex - Negaunee, MI
1890
U.S.
Gleason & Bailey
Hand drawn manual fire engine
1880 U.S. Rumsey Hand drawn manual fire engine.  Ex Rockland and Friendship, ME.
1878
U.S.
Silsby
Horse drawn 2d size steam fire engine. Ex - Ocean City, NJ
1904
U.S.
American F.E. Co.
Horse drawn 2d size fire engine. Ex - Reno, NV
1900
U.S.
Pirsch
Horse drawn hose wagon. Ex - Chicago, IL
1906
U.S.
Pirsch
Horse drawn hose wagon. Ex - Chicago, IL
1909
U.S.
Seagrave
Horse drawn hose wagon
1890
U.S.
Unk.
Horse drawn hose cart. Ex - Lake Geneva, WI
1907
U.S.
Pirsch
Horse drawn chief's buggy. Ex - Chicago, IL
1890
U.S.
Unk.
Horse drawn chief's buggy
1908
U.S.
Anderson Coupling Co.
Horse drawn chemical wagon. Ex - Phoenix, AZ
1897
U.S.
F.E. Mfg. Co.,
Champion style water tower. Ex - Toledo, OH
1918
U.S.
Waterous
Hand or horse drawn gasoline engine powered fire engine. ex - Plainfield, WI
1880
U.S.
Rumsey
Hand drawn 2d size manual fire engine. Ex - Bay City, MI
1890
U.S.
Howe
Hand or horse drawn manual fire engine. Ex- Carollton, IL
1900
U.S.
Boyer
Hand drawn chemical cart. Maintained by Boyer as display.
1908
U.S.
Waterous
Hand drawn two tank chemical cart
 
U.S.
Wirt & Knox
6 hand drawn hose carts
1890
U.S.
F.E. Mfg. Co.
Horse drawn Babcock style aerial ladder wagon. Ex - Benton Harbor, MI
1930
England
Bayleys
Manual "Escape" portable ladder
 
U.S.
Various
14 hose carts
 
U.S.
Various
16 chemical carts
1907
U.S.
Unk.
Hand drawn ladder wagon. Ex - Selby, SD
1910
U.S.
Pirsch
Hand drawn chemical cart. Ex - Centerville, WI
1890
U.S.
Preston
Horse drawn village ladder wagon. Ex - Plainfield, WI
1890
U.S.
 Unk
Horse drawn exercise cart
1880
U.S.
Rumsey
Hand drawn village ladder wagon. Ex - Edgerton, WI
1908
U.S.
Pirsch
Horse drawn city service ladder wagon. Ex - East Allis, WI
1870
U.S.
Buckley & Merritt
Hand drawn parade carriage. Ex - Derby, CT
1889
U.S.
Gleason & Bailey
Hand drawn parade carriage. Ex - Fishkill on Hudson, NY
1930 U.S. DuGas Hand drawn dry chemical hose cart
1930 U.S. American La France - Foamite Hand drawn Class B Foam 40 gallon Extinguisher Ex-Wisconsin Electric Power Co.

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