General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal frame & springs/ Canvas platform/ Felt on frame/ Leather straps & washers

Dimensions

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

Length

1.5 m

Width

2.85 m

Height

N/A

Thickness

11.0 cm

Weight

N/A

Diameter

2.85 m

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Fire Fighting

Category

Accessory equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Cory

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Ohio

City

Greenfield

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Circa 1929

Canada

One of the most popular brands of life nets used by fire departments. Type of fire equipment available on Canadian fire trucks for rescue operations in the absence of aerials or in case other means of escape could not work. It was used only as the last possibility because they were difficult to hold with the weight of the victim accentuated by gravity.

Function

Portable net for attempting to catch victims or firefighters falling or jumping from upper floors of a burning building.

Technical

When pressure is applied onto the automatic lock, the net opens instantly. Rope nets were the first kind manufactured then came this canvas type. Browder type of life net seems to have been the main supply of life nets for the Ottawa Fire Department. They were sold by important fire fighting equipment companies such as LaFrance in Toronto, Bickle-Seagrave in Woodstock. Pierre Thibault was selling the Atlas brand, a life net very similar to the Browder type and even called "The Atlas Life Saving Machine ".

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Stamped twice 'tete-beche' in black onto canvas reads: "9/ THE BROWDERLIFE SAVING MACHINE/ M F D. BY/ CORY-PATTERSON MFG CO./ GREENFIELD, OHIO, U.S.A./ T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF"/ Stamped in red below: "OTTAWA/ F.D."/ And once again, 'tete-beche': "OTTAWA/ F.D./ 21 T [in black]"/

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Canvas is cream colour with black and red print/ Metal frame is a combination of polished metal and dark green/ Reddish felt over frame/ Leather is brownish red

Decoration

N/A