| Starting in 1917 Los Angeles used
these Amoskeag and Nott steam fire engines. Horse-drawn from
their station and loaded on the barge, they were towed to
fires. Note the bags of coal stored aboard the barge.
One of these steam pumpers, an 1881 Amoskeag, is
periodically on display at the old Plaza Fire station downtown Los
Angeles.
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The finance
committee of the city council today hit upon a novel scheme to furnish fire
protection for the water front at the harbor without incurring the expense
of $125,000 for the purchase of a fire boat.
The committee
will recommend to the council that a contract be entered into with
the San Pedro Transportation Company for the use of the stream
ferry between San Pedro and East San Pedro for use in transporting
the fire apparatus to the scene of fires on the water front.
The fire apparatus will stand on the deck of the barge and can
pump water from the channel almost as effectively as an expensive
fireboat.
Los Angeles Record
September 18, 1916 |
