THE FIRE ENGINE
Considered in Its Relation to the Essentials of Fire Fighting-A Brief Historical Sketch of the Development of the Apparatus—The Caliber System of Standard Fire Streams—Losses in Fire Hose
STEAM power was not successfully applied to fire engines until the beginning of the year 1853. Up to that time the so-called “hand engines” were used exclusively and it should also be understood that at that time the present-day system of water works, was still in its infancy and, therefore, the chief dependence for a supply of water for fire-extinguishing purposes was upon methods of storage in vogue before water mains came into general use.
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