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Title: Old fire engine at station No. 19 : Steam Pumper
Date Created and/or Issued: July 1, 1958
Contributing Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection: Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Collection
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Description: Child sits in driver seat of antique steam pumper, used in early part of twentieth century. Firefighter stands nearby, explaining how the old fire engine worked. First drawn by horse, and later by tractor, the steam pumper pressurized water, allowing firefighters to spray greater volumes of water over greater distances.
Type: image
Identifier: 3729_2
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/LBFiremen/id/1044
Source: Long Beach Firemen's Historical Museum
CSUDH Archives
Relation: Fire Apparatus; Fire Engines; Fire Engines--Horse Drawn
M0006

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