Brass/Lacquered Fire Hose Nozzle
Datec. 1920 - 1940
Dimensions31 1/4" long
Credit LineTransferred from the collection of Fanshawe Pioneer Village, London, Ontario, 2004
Object number2004.021.015
Label TextIn 1878, Stevens, Turner, & Burns won the $194,000 contract to construct London’s waterworks, part of which is pictured here. The waterworks included a reservoir, pumphouse, piping, and network of hydrants. The company was still new at this time. In 1873, Thomas A. Stevens and William Turner had opened a plumbing store. Three years later, James Burns joined the operation. It ceased operations in 1894. In 1906, Stevens and his partners, J. R. Minhinnick and George Trudell, founded the Empire Manufacturing Company. It operated out of this building on Talbot Street. The company grew fast and by 1908 had moved to a larger building on Dundas Street in London’s industrial heart. The widespread adoption of modern indoor plumbing spurred the company’s growth. In 1920, the Empire Manufacturing Company became the Empire Brass Manufacturing Company, better known as EMCO. In addition to plumbing fittings, it produced brass nozzles of all sizes.
NameNozzle, Fire Hose
