Bickle Fire Extinguisher – Woodstock
Credit LineTransferred from the collection of Fanshawe Pioneer Village, London, Ontario, 2014
Object number2014.019.004
Label TextThis tube-shaped fire extinguisher was manufactured by Bickle-Seagrave Limited. The tin tube contains a safe dry powder (usually sodium bicarbonate) which was thrown into the base of a fire to put it out.
Diameter: 5.5 cm. Height: 54 cm. In 1935, Bickle brothers took over the production and sale of Seagrave fire apparatus in Canada and on 1 January 1936, the name of the company changed to Bickle-Seagrave Limited. This highly successful alliance allowed the company to supply fire departments with all types of apparatus and Bickle-Seagrave soon became the largest fire apparatus manufacturer in Canada. Unfortunately Bickle-Seagrave was forced into bankruptcy in February 1956 and the name was changed to King-Seagrave (after being purchached by Vernon Bickle King) in May, 1956.
NameExtinguisher, Fire
c 1940s
Charlton Advt. Company
c 1886