A history of the growth of the steam-engine . hed 2| tons, and is said to havethrown 150 gallons of water per minute to a height of be-tween 80 and 100 feet. It was ready for work in about 20minutes after .lighting the fire. Braithwaite afterward sup-plied a more powerful engine to the King of Prussia, in1832. The first attempt made in the United States to con-struct a steam fire-engine was probably that of Hodge, whobuilt one in New York in 1841. It was a strong and very ef-fective machine, but was far too heavy for rapid transporta-tion. The late J. K. Fisher, who throughout his life persist
A history of the growth of the steam-engine . hed 2| tons, and is said to havethrown 150 gallons of water per minute to a height of be-tween 80 and 100 feet. It was ready for work in about 20minutes after .lighting the fire. Braithwaite afterward sup-plied a more powerful engine to the King of Prussia, in1832. The first attempt made in the United States to con-struct a steam fire-engine was probably that of Hodge, whobuilt one in New York in 1841. It was a strong and very ef-fective machine, but was far too heavy for rapid transporta-tion. The late J. K. Fisher, who throughout his life persist-ently urged the use of steam-carriages and traction-engines,designing and building several, also planned a steam fire-engine. Two were built from his design by the NoveltyWorks, New York, about 1860, for Messrs. Lee & Larned. PORTABLE AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES. 361 They were self-propellers, and one of them, built for thecity of Philadelphia, was sent to that city over the highway,driven by its own engines. The other was built for and used.
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