I'm on the historical committe, and we are trying to locate a picture of our first apparatus. Any help on where a picture of this type of apparatus may be found would be appreciated. My fire company recently donated our old handpumper to the PA State Museum. There is quite a disagreement at the fd as to the history of the piece before the fd aquired it. Local historians say the city of Uniontown purchased it from Philadelphia very late 1700's or very early 1800's.
Nobody is even sure who built it or exactly where it came from.
About two years ago a aution was held in Stuart, Florida and a Hand Pumper was sold to a groupe in the New England area. This station is now the home of the Jacksonville Fire Museum. I would like info. Comments In 1830, Rochester,NY authorized the purchase of a new fire engine. They bought one from James Smith of NY,NY, then had one made by Lewis Selye of Rochester.