Hand and Horse Drawn Apparatus Directory

Year	Nation	Maker	Description
1725	England	Newsham	Hand Drawn 5th size Manual Fire Engine
1740	England	Newsham	Hand drawn 3rd size Manual Fire Engine
1760	England	Newsham	Hand Drawn \ Portable Manual Fire Engine
1820	England	Simpkins	Hand Drawn Manual Fire Engine
1820	Japan	Unknown	Manual Fire Pumps
1825	U.S.	American Hydraulic Co.	Hand Drawn Vane Pump Fire Engine
1838	England	Merryweather	Hand Drawn Manual Estate Fire Engine
1838	France	A. Thirion	Hand Drawn Manual fire engine
1844	U.S.	Bates / Jeffers	Horse drawn Manual Fire Engine. Ex - Pawtucket, RI
1850	France	Sohy & Durey	Hand Drawn Manual Fire Engine
1850	England	Shand Mason	Hand Drawn Manual Estate Fire Engine
1850	U.S.	Crafted	Hand Drawn Ladder Wagon. Ex - Centerville, WI
1850	U.S.	Crafted	Hose Cart. Ex - Centerville, WI.
1852	U.S.	Howard & Davis	Hand Drawn Manual Fire Engine. Ex - Grafton, MA
1852	U.S.	Hunneman	Hand Drawn Manual Fire Engine. Ex - Exeter, NH
1855	U.S.	Button	Hand Drawn 1st Size Fire Engine. Ex - New London, CT
1865	U.S.`	W. W. Wunder	Hand Drawn Hose Carriage. Ex. Philadelphia, PA
1880	England	Merryweather	Hand Pushed Barrow Style Fire Engine
1870	England	Shand Mason	Horse Drawn Curricle Style Manual Fire Engine
1890	England	Shand Mason	Horse drawn steam powered fire engine. Ex. Rugby, England
1890	U.S.	Howe	Howe Manual Fire Engine, Ex. Carollton, IL
1890	U.S.	Anderson Coupling Co., Kansas City, Missouri	Horse Drawn Hose Wagon Ex. Phoenix, AZ
1894	Austria	Knaust	Horse drawn Manual Fire Engine
1901	Austria	Knaust	Horse drawn Manual Fire Engine, Ex. Stuetzenhofen, Austria
1866	U.S.	Hunneman	Hand Drawn Manual Fire Engine w/ Jumper Hose Cart. Ex - Rockport, ME
1865	U.S.	Rumsey	Hand drawn Manual Village Fire Engine. Ex - Centerville, WI
1865	U.S.	W. W. Wunder	Hand Drawn Hose Carriage. Ex - Philadelphia, PA
1870	U.S.	Buckley & Merritt	Hand Drawn Parade Carriage. Ex - Derby, CT
1872	U.S.	Steiner	Horse Drawn Chemical Engine. Ex - Cleveland, OH.
1878	U.S.	Silsby	Horse Drawn 2d size Steam Fire Engine. Ex - Ocean City, NJ
1880	U.S.	Rumsey	Hand Drawn Manual Fire Engine. Ex - Rockland and Friendship, ME.
1880	U.S.	Rumsey	Hand Drawn Manual Village Fire Engine. Ex - New Bloomington, OH
1880	U.S.	Rumsey	Hand drawn manual mill fire engine
1880	U.S.	Rumsey	Hand drawn 2d size manual fire engine. Ex - Bay City, MI
1880	U.S.	Rumsey	Hand drawn village ladder wagon. Ex - Edgerton, WI
1882	U.S.	Howe	Horse drawn horse powered rotary fire engine
1889	U.S.	Gleason & Bailey	Hand drawn parade carriage. Ex - Fishkill on Hudson, NY
1890	U.S.	Crafted. From Studebaker wagon	Horse drawn hose and ladder sled. Ex - Negaunee, MI
1890	U.S.	Gleason & Bailey	Hand drawn manual fire engine
1890	U.S.	Unk.	Horse drawn hose cart. Ex - Lake Geneva, WI
1890	U.S.	Unk.	Horse drawn chief's buggy
1890	U.S.	Howe	Hand or horse drawn manual fire engine. Ex- Carollton, IL
1890	U.S.	Fire Extinguisher Mfg. Co.	Horse drawn Babcock style aerial ladder truck. Ex - Benton Harbor, MI
1890	U.S.	Preston	Horse drawn village ladder wagon. Ex - Plainfield, WI
1890	U.S.	Unk	Horse drawn exercise cart
1900	U.S.	FireExtinguisher Mfg Co.,	Hand Drawn Chemicl Cart, Ex. Yerkes Observatory, Wisconsin
1897	U.S.	Fire Extinguisher Mfg. Co.	Champion style water tower. Ex - Toledo, OH
1900	U.S.	Pirsch	Horse drawn hose wagon. Ex - Chicago, IL
1900	U.S.	Boyer	Hand drawn chemical cart. Maintained by Boyer as display.
1904	U.S.	American Fire Engine Co.	Horse drawn 2d size fire engine. Ex - Reno, NV
1906	U.S.	Pirsch	Horse drawn hose wagon. Ex - Chicago, IL
1907	U.S.	Pirsch	Horse drawn chief's buggy. Ex - Chicago, IL
1907	U.S.	Pirsch	Hand drawn ladder wagon. Ex - Selby, SD
1908	U.S.	Pirsch	Horse drawn city service ladder wagon. Ex - East Allis, WI
1908	U.S.	Anderson Coupling Co.	Horse drawn chemical wagon. Ex - Phoenix, AZ
1908	U.S.	Waterous	Hand drawn two tank chemical cart
1909	U.S.	Seagrave	Horse drawn hose wagon, Ex. Petoskey, MI
1910	U.S.	Pirsch	Hand drawn chemical cart. Ex - Centerville, WI
1918	U.S.	Waterous	Hand or horse drawn gasoline engine powered fire engine. ex - Plainfield, WI
1930	England	Bayleys	Manual "Escape" portable ladder
1930	U.S.	DuGas	Hand drawn dry chemical hose cart
1930	U.S.	American La France - Foamite	Hand drawn Class B Foam 40 gallon Extinguisher Ex-Wisconsin Electric Power Co.

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The listing below contains information on the museum's major holdings of hand and horse drawn apparatus. Click on the description of each piece to go to a page with a photograph and additional information.

Year

Nation

Maker

Description

1725

England

Newsham

1740

England

Newsham

1760

England

Newsham

1820

England

Simpkins

1820

Japan

Unknown

1825

U.S.

American Hydraulic Co.

1838

England

Merryweather

1838

France

A. Thirion

1844

U.S.

Bates / Jeffers

1850

France

Sohy & Durey

1850

England

Shand Mason

1850

U.S.

Crafted

1852

U.S.

Howard & Davis

1852

U.S.

Hunneman

1855

U.S.

Button

1880

England

Merryweather

1870

England

Shand Mason

1890

England

Shand Mason

Horse drawn steam powered fire engine. Ex. Rugby, England

1894

Austria

Knaust

1901

Austria

Knaust

Horse drawn Manual Fire Engine, Ex. Stuetzenhofen, Austria

1866

U.S.

Hunneman

1865

U.S.

Rumsey

1865

U.S.

W. W. Wunder