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Hand & Horse Drawn Apparatus

 

The listing below contains information on seven of the the museum's major holdings of hand and horse drawn apparatus.  Return to the Hand and Horse Drawn Apparatus Main Page for other pieces of apparatus.

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Year
Nation
Maker
Description
 Picture
1825
U.S.
American Hydraulic Co.
Hand drawn manual rotary fire engine.  Built in Vermont, used somewhere in eastern U.S.  Uses vane style pump.
1844
U.S.
Bates / Jeffers
Horse drawn manual fire engine. Ex - Pawtucket, RI.  Built in Philadelphia by Joel bates.  rebuilt in Pawtucket, RI by William Jeffers.  First engine built by Jeffers, who became a successful maker of Hunneman style engines.
1852
U.S.
Howard & Davis
Hand drawn manual fire engine. Ex - Grafton, MA.  Built by Howard and Roberts of Boston.  Hunneman style engine.  probably has a pump built by Hunneman.
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.  Squirrel tail mounted suction hose. 
1855
U.S.
Button
Hand drawn 1st size fire engine. Ex - New London, CT. Mahogany tub.
1865
U.S.
Rumsey
Hand drawn manual village fire engine. Ex - Centerville, WI.  Helped fight Chicago Fire of 1871.
 

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