Pumper, Hand
- Object Name:
- Pumper, Hand
- Creator:
- Rumsey Manufacturing Company Seneca Falls, NY
- Date:
- 1865
- Dimensions:
- W-76 L-95 inches
It is 9"deep at the front and the rear, with the main body measuring 19"deep. - Description:
- Hand-Pumper marked Fort Hunter No. 1. Of wooden construction, it has several compartments, and rides on wheels with a 24" diameter. It is decorated with elaborate paint work on the sides and the carriage.
The pumper was referred to as a 'piano box style' or 'squirrel tail' beacause of it's look. Strainer nozzles were used to keep debris from the streams from clogging the hose. Buckets were used to fill the remaining boxes.
This pumper could draw water out of available lakes or ponds, or the bucket brigade could fill the tubm. It works with 8 men, 4 on each side pumping the handles and it is hand-drawn fromthe firehouse, not horse drawn. The side panels retain all of the original hand-painted decoration. - Subjects:
- Fire engines equipment, Pumper, Hand, Transportation, Vehicles
- People:
- Lauridsen, Laurids, Lauridsen, Ade
- Collection Name:
- Fire-Fighting
- Item Number:
- 2003.14.01
- Accession Number:
- 2003.14.01
- Type of Material:
- Objects
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- Participating Organization:
- New London Historical Society
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