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- Lithograph, "Grand Canal Celebration, Fire Department," November 4, 1825 - The Erie Canal connected the Hudson River and New York City with Lake Erie and the Upper Midwest. Its completion in 1825 was cause for grand celebrations up and down the canal's 363-mile length. This lithograph shows a fire department participating in a parade to commemorate the canal's opening.
- November 04, 1825
- Collections - Artifact
Lithograph, "Grand Canal Celebration, Fire Department," November 4, 1825
The Erie Canal connected the Hudson River and New York City with Lake Erie and the Upper Midwest. Its completion in 1825 was cause for grand celebrations up and down the canal's 363-mile length. This lithograph shows a fire department participating in a parade to commemorate the canal's opening.
- Lithograph, "Grand Canal Celebration, Hook and Ladder Company," November 4, 1825 - The Erie Canal connected the Hudson River and New York City with Lake Erie and the Upper Midwest. Its completion in 1825 was cause for grand celebrations up and down the canal's 363-mile length. This lithograph shows a fire department participating in a parade to commemorate the canal's opening.
- November 04, 1825
- Collections - Artifact
Lithograph, "Grand Canal Celebration, Hook and Ladder Company," November 4, 1825
The Erie Canal connected the Hudson River and New York City with Lake Erie and the Upper Midwest. Its completion in 1825 was cause for grand celebrations up and down the canal's 363-mile length. This lithograph shows a fire department participating in a parade to commemorate the canal's opening.
- Men of the Fire Brigade of Ayers Village and West Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1897 - This group of 12 Massachusetts firefighters proudly posed with their hand-drawn hose wagon and pumper in 1897. Effective firefighting depended on hoses to carry water from a source to a pumper, and from the pumper to the fire. The hose reels on larger carts might have held several hundred feet of leather, cotton, or rubber hoses.
- 1897
- Collections - Artifact
Men of the Fire Brigade of Ayers Village and West Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1897
This group of 12 Massachusetts firefighters proudly posed with their hand-drawn hose wagon and pumper in 1897. Effective firefighting depended on hoses to carry water from a source to a pumper, and from the pumper to the fire. The hose reels on larger carts might have held several hundred feet of leather, cotton, or rubber hoses.