General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD & METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

190.5 cm

Width

99.1 cm

Height

160.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Fire Fighting

Category

Fire engines

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Gleason Bailey

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Seneca Falls

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS MAKE AND STYLE OF HAND PUMPER USED C. MID 1870S- 1900S.

Canada

EXAMPLE OF HAND PUMP USED IN CANADA BEFORE MOTORIZED FIRE VEHICLES.

Function

TO DRAW, EXPEL UNDER FORCE & DIRECT A STREAM OF WATER, FOR USE IN EXTINGUISHING A FIRE.

Technical

INVENTION OF HAND PUMP DATES TO MID-17TH C. (HAUTSH OF NUREMBURG); BEST KNOWN & MOST SUCCESSFUL IS NEWSHAM FIRE ENGINE, PATENTED 1721 & 1725. NEWHAM & OTHER EUROPEAN MADE PUMPERS WERE IMPORTED INTO N. AMERICA UNTIL C. LAST QUARTER OF 18TH C., WHEN THEY BEGAN TO BE MFD. IN USA. PROMINANT EARLY N. AMERICAN MFGS. INCLUDE RICHARD MASON, JAMES SMITH, WILLIAM HINNEMAN. SENECA FALLS BECAME THE FIRE ENGINE BUILDING CAPITAL OF THE USA BECAUSE OF THE WATER POWER OF THE SENECA RIVER. GLEASON & BAILEY CO. OPERATED THERE 1845-1900, AND WERE PROMINENT BUILDERS OF ALL TYPES OF HORSE AND HAND DRAWN FIRE APPARATUS. IN 1901 THE COMPANY MERGED WITH OTHERS TO FORM THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE ENGINE CO.. IN 1904 INTERNAT'L BECAME AMERICAN LAFRANCE FIRE ENGINE CO., OPERATING UNTIL 1927. (REF.1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"GLEASON & BAILEY/ M'F'G Co. LIM" cast in raised print on one side of pump crosspiece; "SENECA FALLS N.Y." cast on opposite side. "GLEASON & BAILEY/ M'F'G Co. LIM./ SENECA FALLS/ N.Y." cast in raised print on plate on pump.

Missing

UNKNOWN.

Finish

PAINTED FINISH: PRIMARILY RED, WITH GREY BED AND BLACK PIPING & TRIM

Decoration

ANCHOR MOTIF CAST IN RAISED FORM ON PUMP MECHANISM.