General Information

Serial #

1450

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL: ALUMINUM, BRASS; SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

71.0 cm

Width

40.0 cm

Height

61.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Fire Fighting

Category

Extinguishers

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Johnson Motor

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Peterborough

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE PROBABLY USED FOR THE 1930S TO THE 1950S

Canada

DEVELOPED IN CANADA. CANADA HAS BEEN A WORLD LEADER IN THE DEVELOPMENT & TESTING OF FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT, THE FEDERAL FORESTRY SERVICE, OF WHICH PNFI WAS THE KEYSTONE ESTABLISHMENT, HAD PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN ESTABLISHING SPECIFICATIONS AND TESTING THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE TECHNOLOGY [REF 2]

Function

USED TO PUMP WATER TO FIGHT FOREST FIRES.

Technical

THIS UNIT WAS THE 1ST PORTABLE CENTRIFUGAL FOREST-FIRE PUMP PRODUCED COMMERCIALLY. IT WAS INVENTED BY MR. J. TREMBLAY, A FIRE-CHIEF & DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR MONTREAL. IT COULD BE PLACED DIRECTLY INTHE WATER SUPPLY. INCLUDES A SECONDARY PUMP FOR PRIMING. IT CAN BE SEPARATED IN 2 PIECES FOR PORTAGE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MOLDED ON FRONT PLATE: 'JOHNSON TREMBLAY FIRE PUMP/ HKO1/ 1450'/ SCRATCHED ON PLATE: 'KD'/ ON HANDLE: 'JOHNSON'/ SCRATHCHED ON METAL TAG; '110/ LBS'/ HANDPAINTED ON GAS TANK: 'NO 3'/ PARTIAL DECAL LEFT ON GAS TANK WITH INSTRUCTIONS

Missing

STARTING ROPE From CA of 06/29/1999 by Tony Missio: No - appears complete

Finish

PAINTED GLOSS SILVER OR UNFINISHED

Decoration

N/A