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Hook and ladder #7 (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 5 older comments, and then…
  • Σταύρος said:
    Neat , thanx for sharing !
  • Rob Ketcherside said:
    The date seems to say "9/15/1917" (written in white, backwards, after "Hook & Ladder #7" which starts from the right edge) New York Times 9/14/1917 page 13: "The death of fireman, 1st grade, G. Breler H. & L. 78, is announced. Funeral will take place from 90 Hendricks St., New Brighton, at 8:30 A.M., Saturday, Sept. 15." H&L = Hook and Ladder of course. Address is on Staten Island. Maybe that's enough for someone to figure out exactly where this was taken?
  • average touch said:
    It wasn't taken on Staten Island - there never were elevated train tracks here. The Fireman in the article most probably was from Staten Island. But how does that article relate to this photo? That looks like Manhattan. Thanks LOC for sharing!
  • technogeo said:
    I don't see a 1917 date in the inscription. It looks like the name of an intersection - "[illegible] & 15"
  • Rob Ketcherside said:
    @technogeo: You're right! Random chance that the date I misread was the date of a fireman's funeral. So is this the current High Line?

Testing fire engines (LOC)

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  • Steve Hagy said:
    In 1913, the International Association of Fire Engineers (now the International Association of Fire Chiefs) held their 41st annual conference in New York City. One component of the event was a competition for the newly developed motorized pumper. On September 3 at 6:30 a.m., the 12-hour pump test began with 11 pieces of apparatus competing. A length of hard suction hose was used by each engine to draft water from the Hudson River. Overall performance of the equipment was determined by using a point system. The motor had to remaining running during the complete 12-hour test period. Apparatus from the following companies began the event. Ahrens-Fox American LaFrance - Two units Knox Luietweiler Nott - Two units Robinson - Two units Seagrave Waterous Eight of the engines completed the test. The Luietweiler, one Nott and one Robinson failed. The Ahrens-Fox earned the highest score. In addition to this information, I have added notes to the other photos in this grouping. In this photo: the Robinson engines are to the front with the Knox behind them.

On KAISER WILHELM II - Buttoning up a fire-fighter (LOC)

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