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Book History of the American Steam Fire engine

Download or read book History of the American Steam Fire engine written by William T. King and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN STEAM FIRE ENGINE

Download or read book HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN STEAM FIRE ENGINE written by WILLIAM T. KING and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of the American Steam Fire engine

Download or read book History of the American Steam Fire engine written by William T. King and published by Chicago : O. Davies. This book was released on 1960 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of the American Steam Fire engine

Download or read book History of the American Steam Fire engine written by William T. King and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fires  Fire Engines  and Fire Brigades

Download or read book Fires Fire Engines and Fire Brigades written by Charles Frederic T. Young and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Fire Engine

    Book Details:
  • Author : Simon Goodenough
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1985
  • ISBN : 9780890098714
  • Pages : 160 pages

Download or read book The Fire Engine written by Simon Goodenough and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fire Engine reveals the power and fascination of the vehicles and equipment themselves, paying tribute to the engineers who create them and the dedicated men who use them.

Book Events of a Half Century of the Montgomery Hose and Steam Fire Engine Co

Download or read book Events of a Half Century of the Montgomery Hose and Steam Fire Engine Co written by Montgomery Hose and S Co and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Montgomery Hose and Steam Fire Engine Co. was a pioneering force in the early days of firefighting in America. Events of a Half Century is a fascinating historical record that documents the company's growth and achievements over a span of 50 years. Written by members of the company, this book includes firsthand accounts of major fires, descriptions of firefighting technology, and recollections of the camaraderie and dedication that characterized the company's culture. This unique volume is a must-read for anyone interested in the rich history of firefighting in the United States. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Those Magnificent Old Steam Fire Engines

Download or read book Those Magnificent Old Steam Fire Engines written by W. Fred Conway and published by Squire Boone Village. This book was released on 1997 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of American Steam Navigation

Download or read book History of American Steam Navigation written by John Harrison Morrison and published by New York, W. F. Sametz & Company, Incorporated. This book was released on 1908 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Power from Steam

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard L. Hills
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1993-08-19
  • ISBN : 9780521458344
  • Pages : 360 pages

Download or read book Power from Steam written by Richard L. Hills and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-08-19 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive history of the steam engine in fifty years. It follows the development of reciprocating steam engines, from their earliest forms to the beginning of the twentieth century when they were replaced by steam turbines.

Book Cause for Alarm

    Book Details:
  • Author : Amy S. Greenberg
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2014-07-14
  • ISBN : 1400864925
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book Cause for Alarm written by Amy S. Greenberg and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though central to the social, political, and cultural life of the nineteenth-century city, the urban volunteer fire department has nevertheless been largely ignored by historians. Redressing this neglect, Amy Greenberg reveals the meaning of this central institution by comparing the fire departments of Baltimore, St. Louis, and San Francisco from the late eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Volunteer fire companies protected highly flammable cities from fire and provided many men with friendship, brotherhood, and a way to prove their civic virtue. While other scholars have claimed that fire companies were primarily working class, Greenberg shows that they were actually mixed social groups: merchants and working men, immigrants and native-born--all found a common identity as firemen. Cause for Alarm presents a new vision of urban culture, one defined not by class but by gender. Volunteer firefighting united men in a shared masculine celebration of strength and bravery, skill and appearance. In an otherwise alienating environment, fire companies provided men from all walks of life with status, community, and an outlet for competition, which sometimes even led to elaborate brawls. While this culture was fully respected in the early nineteenth century, changing social norms eventually demonized the firemen's vision of masculinity. Greenberg assesses the legitimacy of accusations of violence and political corruption against the firemen in each city, and places the municipalization of firefighting in the context of urban social change, new ideals of citizenship, the rapid spread of fire insurance, and new firefighting technologies. Originally published in 1998. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Book Amoskeag Steam Fire Engines

Download or read book Amoskeag Steam Fire Engines written by Amoskeag Manufacturing Company and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book British Steam Fire Engines

Download or read book British Steam Fire Engines written by Ronald Henderson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of the early steam fire engines

Book Engines and Other Apparatus of the Milwaukee Fire Department

Download or read book Engines and Other Apparatus of the Milwaukee Fire Department written by Wayne Mutza and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-09-18 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vehicles and other firefighting equipment of the Milwaukee Fire Department, like the department itself, are unique among the fire service. It built more of its own apparatus than any other American city and few can match the scope and character of apparatus used to serve and protect life and property in Milwaukee. Through detailed research, firsthand narratives, and captivating photos, the author walks the reader through the fascinating history of the incredible machines that served Cream City from the mid-nineteenth century to modern times. This volume traces the ever-changing face of Milwaukee's fire-fighting and life-saving equipment in parallel with the city's own history and growth. The fire department workshop's reputation for ingenuity is shown through its adaptations to disastrous fires that brought about changes in laws, economic growth and decline, the establishment of Milwaukee's ethnic neighborhoods, the difficult transition from horses to motorization, the wartime and post-war experience, the corporate world of apparatus manufacturers, and Milwaukee's fireboat fleet.

Book Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive

Download or read book Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive written by J. Parker Lamb and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2003-07-08 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive documents the role played by mechanical engineers in the development of locomotive design. The steam engine and the mechanical engineering profession both grew directly out of the Industrial Revolution's need for sources of power beyond that of men and animals. Invented in England when coal mining was being developed, the practical steam engine eventually found numerous applications in transportation, especially in railroad technology. J. Parker Lamb traces the evolution of the steam engine from the early 1700s through the early 1800s, when the first locomotives were sent to the United States from England. Lamb then shifts the scene to the development of the American steam locomotive, first by numerous small builders, and later, by the early 20th century, by only three major enterprises and a handful of railroad company shops. Lamb reviews the steady progress of steam locomotive technology through its pinnacle during the 1930s, then discusses the reasons for its subsequent decline.