. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . ter and 12 inches stroke : pump, 6f inches diameter and 12 inches 1004 or J{ FIK EM EN. stroke; weight, :5,:»Si lbs ; nozzle, 1 | inches, horizontal distance, 239 feet ; ver-tical height, 178 feel. Mechanic, built by ReaneyA Neapie, of Philadelphia—steam cylinder,s inches diameter and 1. inches slrohe; pump, V; inches diameter and hi inchesstroke; weight, 5,760lbs.; nozzle 1 inch, horizontal distance, 203 feet; verti-cal height, 107 feet. Hibernia, built, by Reaney & Neapie, Phi
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . ter and 12 inches stroke : pump, 6f inches diameter and 12 inches 1004 or J{ FIK EM EN. stroke; weight, :5,:»Si lbs ; nozzle, 1 | inches, horizontal distance, 239 feet ; ver-tical height, 178 feel. Mechanic, built by ReaneyA Neapie, of Philadelphia—steam cylinder,s inches diameter and 1. inches slrohe; pump, V; inches diameter and hi inchesstroke; weight, 5,760lbs.; nozzle 1 inch, horizontal distance, 203 feet; verti-cal height, 107 feet. Hibernia, built, by Reaney & Neapie, Philadelphia -steam cylinder Minches diameter and 14 inches stroke; pump, ( inches diameter and 14 inchesstroke; weight. 8,000 lbs.: nozzle, inches: horizontal dislance, 254 feet;vertical height, 1 HI feet. Southwark, built by Lee cv Liirned, New York steam cylinder. Aself-propelling engine; 2 steam cylinders, each 7 4 inches diameter and 14inches stroke; one rotary pump. ], inches diameter and 10 inches wide;weighl. 9,000 lbs. • Citizen. of Harrisburg (first-class) fully manned, using h» feet of hose. FIRST STEAM FIRE ENGINE BOLT IN AMERICA, 1840. and a nozzle 1 inch in diameter, worked for 2 minutes, reached a horizontaldistance of 196 feet. Assistance, of Philadelphia (first class), length of hose and diameter ofnozzle the same, reached a horizontal distance of 182 feet, 4| inches. Washington (second class) 50 feet of hose and a $ inch nozzle, reacheda horizontal distance of 154 feet. Philadelphia (second class) under the same circumstances, reached ahorizontal distance of 188 feet, 3 inches. <( Weccacoe (second class) as above, a horizontal distance of 154 feet. Globe (second class) as above, a horizontal distance of 150 feet and 5feet allowance. Franklin (second class) of Frankford, as above, a horizontal distance of158 feet and 5 feet allowance. o r u f 1 u k m !•: \. In I860, Messrs. Ettinger & ECdmond, of Richmond, Va., built a steam lireengine for si. Peters
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