General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Hose is black leather; jointed to form a hose by rivets (brass); piece of pipe in hose for preserving purposes.

Dimensions

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

Length

92.0 cm

Width

6.5 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Fire Fighting

Category

Accessory equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Type of fire hose used in Canada to extinguish fires.

Function

Conduct used to circulate water flow from water pond or reservoir.

Technical

The first fire hoses were made of leather but the seams were only sewn and not riveted together. Leaks happened frequently. In 1807, James Sellers and Abraham Penock from the Philadelphia Hose Company had the idea of riveting the leather sections together. Riveted leather fire hoses were used until about the third quarter of the 19th century. They tended to be heavy, to rot and to crack .The rubber lined hose was patented in 1821 with James Boyd but it was first used only in 1871 in the United States. Modern fire hoses use a variety of natural and synthetic fabrics and elastomers in their construction. Different types of fire hoses exist: attack hoses, supply hoses, relay hoses, forestry hoses and booster hoses.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

None.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Fair, leather very dry.

Decoration

N/A