LA County Fire Museum

 

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Our Miata club did a tour of the LA County Fire Museum. The photo to the left is a 1928 Seagrave Model 6WT manufactured in Columbus Ohio. Like many of the engines on display this was a 6 cylinder with 1,000 cubic inch displacement. This is a huge size for a 6 cylinder engine. It was used in Altadena until the 1950s.

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The apparatus to the left is an 1860 Button Hand Pumper. It would take several men to pull it to the fire then 24 to operate the hand pump. The wooden box looks like a coffin because they were typically made by the same people. It is a reservoir that holds that water as it is pumped then the brass bell shaped device allowed water to be sprayed in a continuous manner.

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In  the two photos at the bottom show a restored steamer and an unrestored steamer sitting side by side. This big shiny tank is actually nickel plated, not chrome. The volunteers at the museum do wonderful work lovingly restoring the apparatus.

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