Details
Creator Heiss, George G.
Contributor Wagner & M'Guigan, printer.
Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Reaney, Neafie & Co., builder.
Title Philadelphia Hose Cos. steam engine [graphic] : Class no. 1. Throws 1 stream through 1 1/4 in. nozzle 210 feet_ or 2 streams, 7/8 in. nozzles, 175 feet each, wt 7,000 [lbs]. [Class] No. 2. Throws 1 stream through 1 1/8 in. nozzle 200 ft_ or 3 streams, 3/4 in. nozzles, 160 feet each, wt. 6,000 [lbs]. [Class] No. 3. Throws single stream through 1 in. nozzle, 200 feet, weight 5,000 [lbs]. Reaney, Neafie & Co. builders, Penn Works, Phila.; Printed by Wagner & McGuigan.
Publisher Philadelphia: Lithographed; col & published by Geo. G. Heiss, 213 N. 2nd St. above Vine
Date [April 1858]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph; 48 x 61 cm.(18.75 x 24 in.)
Description View of the "Pioneer" steam engine, the first steam engine commissioned by a Philadelphia fire company, completed in 1857 by Reaney, Neafie & Co. Engine is adorned with the makers plate dated 1856 and the name plate "Philadelphia No. 1". It is attached to a hose and a fire hydrant. Print also contains a simple border with geometric details. Philadelphia Hose Company was organized in 1803 and was also the first organization to utilize hoses of several hundred feet. By the mid-nineteenth century, the fire house was located at the southeast corner of Seventh and Filbert streets.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Date from Poulson inscription on recto.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 181
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 832 P 544
Subject Philadelphia Hose Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fire engines & equipment -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Hydrants.
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Associated name Reaney, Neafie & Co., builder.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **BW - Fires and Firefighting [P.8970.26]
Accession number P.8970.26