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Steam pumper truck:Steam Pumper Fire Truck

Gebruder Bingca. 1915

The Strong National Museum of Play

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester , United States

In the 19th century, when most Americans used wood-burning stoves and fireplaces for cooking and heating and many folks lived in homes constructed of wood, fires frequently destroyed whole neighborhoods and even whole towns. The first fire-fighting techniques in cities-like a bucket brigade-soon gave way to more sophisticated means of fight-fighting. The invention of the pumper, a large water tank on wheels, delivered more water faster than a line of fire fighters passing buckets, and projected it further to reach the fire. When fire fighters hitched the pumper to a team of horses, water arrived at the fire that much faster. By the 1920s, municipal fire departments used automotive trucks to speed water delivery.

Details

  • Title: Steam pumper truck:Steam Pumper Fire Truck
  • Creator: Gebruder Bing
  • Date Created: ca. 1915
  • Location: Germany
  • Subject Keywords: fire fighting
  • Type: Transportation Toys
  • Medium: wire, soldered, pressed, tin-plate, sheet brass
  • Object ID: 79.4636

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