Steam Fire Engine model, Elizabeth, New Jersey
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1892
notes: label: Description
content: After 1850, technical innovation in firefighting technology increased efficiency and changed the way fires were fought. Steam engines were complicated machines that required skilled operators. Steam engines could apply more water from a greater distance, diminishing the role of the brave individual fireman.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New Jersey
topic: label: Subject
content: Fire Fighting
label: Subject
content: Model
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0233.0006
label: accession number
content: 2005.0233
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0233.0006
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model, steam pumper
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood; metal (not defined material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 37 in x 16 in; 60.96 cm x 93.98 cm x 40.64 cm