Fire Museums Recall Era of Bucket Brigade

By Staff
Published on September 1, 1974
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First pulled by hand, this steam fire engine was later converted for horse-drawn operation. Vintage apparatus is displayed at American Museum of Fire Fighting in Hudson, New York

Courtesy of American Museum of Fire Fighting at the
Firemen’s Home of the State of New York, Harry Howard Avenue,
Hudson, New York 12534.

With characteristic pride, New York’s firemen have rescued
the past.

An appreciation of their profession’s colorful history has

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