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- Horse-Drawn Steam Fire Engine, circa 1876 - Cole Brothers produced about 60 steam fire engines in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, from 1867 to 1880. Simple and rugged, their machines were all of the vertical piston and pump type. This engine is a third size (or third class) unit, which pumped about 550 to 600 gallons a minute. Henry Ford found this horse-drawn steam fire engine while on a trip to Willimantic, Connecticut, in 1928.
- circa 1876
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Horse-Drawn Steam Fire Engine, circa 1876
Cole Brothers produced about 60 steam fire engines in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, from 1867 to 1880. Simple and rugged, their machines were all of the vertical piston and pump type. This engine is a third size (or third class) unit, which pumped about 550 to 600 gallons a minute. Henry Ford found this horse-drawn steam fire engine while on a trip to Willimantic, Connecticut, in 1928.