. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . possibilities offrequent and dangerous fires, at the same time that it supplied the means andindicated the propriety of putting the Fire Department upon a more effectiveand systematic footing. The utility of the floating engine had been fullyestablished. But as it could not always be moved in due season to tin; placewhere it was wanted, it was proposed to procure another of the same a similar reason, and also because at some seasons the ice or other causesmight wholly p
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . possibilities offrequent and dangerous fires, at the same time that it supplied the means andindicated the propriety of putting the Fire Department upon a more effectiveand systematic footing. The utility of the floating engine had been fullyestablished. But as it could not always be moved in due season to tin; placewhere it was wanted, it was proposed to procure another of the same a similar reason, and also because at some seasons the ice or other causesmight wholly prevent the floating engines from being moved, it was recom-mended that two engines of like power be procured and placed on wheels, forservice within the city. These latter were not intended as substitutes for thefloating engines, hut it was thought that four engines of the power specifiedwere not more than could be usefully and profitably employed on manyoccasions. Certain of the engines t hen in use—Nos. 2, 5, C, and 1G—were bothtoo small and greatly out of repair, and it was decided to sell them, and that. VIEW OF OLD DUTCH COTTAGES,In William Street, looking from corner of Liberty Street towards Maiden Lane, 1800. in future uniformity in size in engines be attended to throughoutthe department. The screws of the leaders were of different sizes, which ledoccasionally to trouble at critical moments. Uniformity in that respect, too,was to be observed regarding engines of similar power, and every commonengine should have at least four leaders of forty feet each. In May, 1805, it was decided to build a new engine house in the SeventhWard on a site offered by Smith Place in Rivington Street, between Third andFourth Streets, and the chief engineer was ordered to furnish one of the bestof the small engines for the company to be established there. On the thir-teenth of the month the engine house in the City Hall 3-ard was extended so asto admit of the reception of the en
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