Fire engine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PUMPER/MOTORIZED/CENTRIFUGAL/500 GPM
- DATE
- 1932
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0454.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bickle Fire Engines Ltd.
- MODEL
- CHIEFTAIN CENTRIFUGAL SPECIAL
- LOCATION
- Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 4518
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, WOOD & RUBBER COMPONENTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 623.0 cm
- Width
- 204.0 cm
- Height
- 390.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 6577.0
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Fire Fighting
- Category
- Fire engines
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bickle
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Woodstock
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- THIS FIRE ENGINE WAS USED 1932 +
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF CUSTOM ORDER FIRE ENGINE, MADE BY A CANADIAN COMPANY EXPRESSLY FOR THE MONTREAL WEST FIRE DEPT. IT WAS DESIGNED BY MR. V.B. KING, A UNIV. OF TORONTO ENGINEERING GRADUATE, AND NEPHEW OF THE BICKLE BROTHERS. (REF. 1)/ BICKLE OF WOODSTOCK, ONT. MADE DELIVER TO MONTREAL WEST IN JUNE OF 1932. - Function
-
USED TO TRANSPORT PERSONNEL & EQUIPMENT TO SITE OF FIRE, AND TO PUMP AND DIRECT WATER ONTO FIRE IN ORDER TO SUPRESS/EXTINGUISH IT. - Technical
-
CHIEFTAIN MODEL WAS SMALLER THAN THE CANADIAN, DOMINION OR VOLUNTEER VARIETIES PRODUCED BY BICKLE. THIS FIRE ENGINE FITTED WITH 105 H.P. AT 1500 R.P.M WAUKESHAL ENGINE; 500 GALLON PER MINUTE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP NO. 501; AND 60 GALLON BOOSTER TANK. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- UNKNOWN.
- Finish
- RED WITH GOLD TRANSFERS ETC.
- Decoration
- GOLD FIRE DEPARTMENT TRANSFERS
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Bickle Fire Engines Ltd., Fire engine, 1932, Artifact no. 1970.0454, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.0454.001/
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