General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Leather & brass nozzle assembly with 2 leather handles.

Dimensions

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

Length

52.0 cm

Width

38.0 cm

Height

10.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Fire Fighting

Category

Accessory equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Booth Coulter

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Nozzle made in Canada and also used by Canadian firefighters.

Function

Fire hose attachment used to direct a stream of water onto a fire.

Technical

The first hand pump patented by Newsham in 1725 had a gooseneck nozzle mounted on top. Eventually, nozzles evolved from stationary mount to being attached to the end of fire hoses. John R. Freeman is credited as being the one who found the best design of a nozzle, in 1888, that would produce the best water stream. After this, many designs appeared on the market. This one has a controlling (shut-off) nozzle which allows the firefighter to have full control of the stream. This would have been invented by Callahan in 1895, U.S. patent 0541716.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Near head of nozzle: "BOOTH-COULTER. TORONTO. 1922 [22 was stamped after production]". At base: "EMC? [either an O or a D]"

Missing

N/A

Finish

Hose end has threaded union/ Working end has a brass adjustable topper to reduce spray stream/ Around the middle is a harness of leather with 2 'U'-shaped handles/ There is a brass half ring attached behind the nozzle opening/ Fair, leather is cracked, nozzle is dented.

Decoration

N/A