General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal & wood.

Dimensions

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

Length

317.5 cm

Width

137.2 cm

Height

144.8 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Fire Fighting

Category

Extinguishers

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bickle

Country

Canada

State/Province

Manitoba

City

Winnipeg

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

This chemical fire extinguishing device used c. 1906 +

Canada

R.S. Bickle Co. formed in Winnipeg in 1906, and specialized first in the manufacture of 2-wheeled horse-drawn chemical extinguishers. In 1913, they opened a new factory in Woodstock, Ont. in order to access Eastern market. The company renamed Bickle Fire Engine [Co.] in 1922.

Function

Used to suppress or extinguish fire.

Technical

Chemical fire wagons were very popular in Cdn. municipal fire depts., and on industrial sites, in airports, railyards, etc. Despite the coming of other chemicals in extinguishers, soda-acid solution was still available in 1985. The chemical reaction of sodium carbonate dissolved in water and then mixed with acid was discovered in France in 1864, and soon introduced to North America. The earliest were hand or horse-drawn on a wagon: c. 1910 these extinguishers became motorized. Popular until 1930S, and even later. (Ref. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

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Missing

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Finish

Unknown

Decoration

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