Side-Stroke Hand Pumped Fire Engine "Christiana"

Date Made: 1882

Maker: Button Fire Engine Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, WaterfordUsed: United States: Pennsylvania, Lancaster

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement

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Credit Line: Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2005.0233.1414Accession Number: 2005.0233Catalog Number: 2005.0233.1414

Object Name: apparatus, fire

Physical Description: wood (overall material)metal (overall material)Measurements: overall: 86 in x 308 in x 89 in; 218.44 cm x 782.32 cm x 226.06 cmpart: pump handles: 212 in; 538.48 cmpart: tongue: 97 in; 246.38 cmpart: frame: 146 1/2 in; 372.11 cmpart: wheel base: 89 1/2 in; 227.33 cmpart: front axles: 24 in; 60.96 cmpart: rear axles: 25 in; 63.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-4fcc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1390537

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