Fire Bucket, "W.L.A."
Fire Bucket, "W.L.A."
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- Description
- This riveted bucket was used by the Water Line Association, formed in 1817 at Lexington, Kentucky. Because it is riveted and not hand-sewn, it was most likely produced in the mid to late nineteenth century.
- Note: The W.L.A. was some sort of community organization, but its exact purpose is unknown. It could have been involved in supplying water for firefighting, or it might simply have been a fraternal organization that had its own buckets. The W.L.A. is not listed in the Lexington city directories for 1818 or 1859-60, and it is not mentioned in William Henry Perrin’s History of Fayette County, Kentucky or in Allen Share’s Cities in the Commonwealth: Two Centuries of Urban Life in Kentucky.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bucket, fire
- date made
- ca 1821
- maker
- unknown
- Physical Description
- leather (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 7 1/4 in; 27.94 cm x 18.415 cm
- ID Number
- 2005.0233.0263
- accession number
- 2005.0233
- catalog number
- 2005.0233.0263
- Credit Line
- Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
- subject
- Fire Fighting
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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