Whiffletree

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OBJECT TYPE: DOUBLE SWIVEL
DATE: 1870
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1967.0040.002

MANUFACTURER: Amoskeag Mfg. Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Manchester, New Hampshire, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Wood and metal whiffletree

Dimensions

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

Length: 189.0 cm
Width: 24.0 cm
Height: 10.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Non-motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Animal powered
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Amoskeag
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New Hampshire
City: Manchester

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1867 TO AT LEAST 1900, AS ENGINE WAS STILL IN USE AT THAT DATE.
Canada: THIS ENGINE WAS USED TO FIGHT THE GREAT OTTAWA-HULL FIRE OF APRIL 1900. LATTERLY IT BELONGED TO NRC BUILDING DIV., & BEFORE THAT TO NCC/ TYPE OF FIRE ENGINE BOUGHT BY CANADIAN CITIES, PARTICULARLY FROM 1860S, EG.SAINT JOHN-2 1863, 1 IN 1864; WINDSOR IN 1868, & MORE AFTER 1870. OTTAWA PURCHASED UNION IN 1870.
Function: Used to equalize the pull of a team on an implement, in this example a fine engine.
Technical: BUILDERS WERE THE 1ST TO INTRODUCE THE "CRANE NECK" ENGINE WHICH GREATLY REDUCED THE TURNING CIRCLE OF LARGE FIRE ENGINES, IMPROVING MANOEUVRABILITY. AMOSKEAG STEAM PUMP DESIGN WAS CONCEIVED BY N.S. BEAN, LOCOMOTIVE WORKMAN FROM MANCHESTER LOCOCMOTIVE WORKS. SIZE CORRESPONDS TO PUMPING CAPACITY OF ENGINE. STEAMERS WERE FIRST INVENTED IN 1852 BY ALEXANDER & MOSES LOTTA & ABEL SHANK. GRADUALLY THEY REPLACED HAND PUMPS IN CANADIAN CITIES, & WERE LATER GRADUALLY REPLACED BY MOTORIZED FIRE VEHICLES STARTING CA. 1910. STEAM PUMPERS WERE TYPE OF FIRE ENGINE BOUGHT BY CITIES WHICH HAD ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS FOR THIS TYPE OF FIRE FIGHTING.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Whiffletree painted red with yellow striping and black metal hooks.
Decoration: N/A

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Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Whiffletree, 1870, Artifact no. 1967.0040, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1967.0040.002/

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