'Darby Ram', Rotary Pump Model
date: label: Date made
content: early 20th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Model of an 18th-century rotary pump engine. The model represents the original 18th-century engine purchased by the Darby Fire Company No. 1 of Darby, Pennsylvania, on June 20, 1833, from a Philadelphia fire company. Similar engines were imported from England until the American Revolution gave impetus to domestic manufacturing of fire apparatus.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Model
label: Subject
content: Fire Fighting
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: 2005.0233.0002
label: accession number
content: 2005.0233
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0233.0002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model, hand pumper
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass; steel; wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 18 in x 8 in; 25.4 cm x 45.72 cm x 20.32 cm