Fire engine
Use this image
Can I reuse this image without permission? Yes
Object images on the Ingenium Collection’s portal have the following Creative Commons license:
Copyright Ingenium / CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
ATTRIBUTE THIS IMAGE
Ingenium,
1967.0042.001
Permalink:
Ingenium is releasing this image under the Creative Commons licensing framework, and encourages downloading and reuse for non-commercial purposes. Please acknowledge Ingenium and cite the artifact number.
DOWNLOAD IMAGEPURCHASE THIS IMAGE
This image is free for non-commercial use.
For commercial use, please consult our Reproduction Fees and contact us to purchase the image.
- OBJECT TYPE
- PUMPER/GEAR PUMP/GASOLINE/1 CYL; HAND OR HORSE DRAWN
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1967.0042.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Waterous Engine Works Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 34
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 487.7 cm
- Width
- 165.1 cm
- Height
- 208.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 908.0
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Fire Fighting
- Category
- Fire engines
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Waterous
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Minnesota
- City
- St. Paul
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1900 +
- Canada
-
TYPE OF PUMPER MADE & USED IN CANADA, PARTICULARLY IN VILLAGES OF PRAIRIES, WHERE NO HYDRANTS EXISTED. THEY WERE ECONOMICAL REPLACEMENT FOR STEAM PUMPERS. - Function
-
USED TO PROVIDE WATER TO SUPPRESS FIRES - Technical
-
FIRST GASOLINE DRIVEN FIRE PUMPS ON MARKET. THEY WERE MADE IN BRANTFORD & ST. PAUL WATEROUS FACTORIES FROM 1898 TO 1910. ONE CYLINDER MODEL WAS CREATED FIRST & WAS RATED AT 175 GPM (GALLONS PER MINUTE). DESIGN TOOK 2 YEARS OF EXPERIMENTAL WORK (1895-1897). IN C. 1913 700 WATEROUS GASOLINE FIRE ENGINES WERE IN SERVICE IN CANADA & USA. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- SEAT, LANTERN, PIPES,NOZZLE
- Finish
- COLOUR: DEEP ORANGE
- Decoration
- N/A
CITE THIS OBJECT
If you choose to share our information about this collection object, please cite:
Waterous Engine Works Co., Fire engine, 1900, Artifact no. 1967.0042, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1967.0042.001/
FEEDBACK
Submit a question or comment about this artifact.
More Like This
1967.0042.001
