page_title: Stirrup pump
hierarchical_section_title: Stirrup pump
caption_attribution_description: Scope and content: The full caption for this photograph reads: Topaz, Utah. A demonstration fire fighting with a stirrup pump is put on by evacuee member of the fire department.
context_page_description: A stirrup pump is a portable reciprocating water pump used to extinguish or control small fires. It is operated by hand. The operator places a foot on a stirrup-like bracket at the bottom of the pump to hold the pump steady, the bottom of the suction cylinder was placed inside a bucket of water.
context_section_description: A stirrup pump is a portable reciprocating water pump used to extinguish or control small fires. It is operated by hand. The operator places a foot on a stirrup-like bracket at the bottom of the pump to hold the pump steady, the bottom of the suction cylinder was placed inside a bucket of water.
caption: Topaz Utah 1946
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