Fire Hose and Reel
DimensionsReel: 73.7 cm diameter
Hose: 49 ft long
Hose: 49 ft long
Credit LineTransferred from the collection of Fanshawe Pioneer Village, London, Ontario, 2004
Object number2004.021.033
Label TextLondon’s fire department obtained its first 1,000 feet of leather hose in 1852 as well as a two-wheeled cart to carry it. In 1870, the department purchased an additional 800 feet of leather hose, and then, in 1872, a further 1000 feet of canvas hose. Carriages drawn by horses would be used to transport fire hoses and reels to emergency sites before the use of fire trucks.
NameReel, Fire Hose
