CATALOG OF THE MECHANICAL COLLECTIONS I39 



ADDITIONAL STEAM BOILER ITEMS IN THE COLLECTION, NOT 

 OTHERWISE DESCRIBED 



A model of a locomotive stack feed-water heater patented by Matthias 

 Baldwin and David Clark of Philadelphia. Pa., February 14, 1&34, no. 10514. 

 Transfer from the United States Patent Office. U.S.N.M. no. 308992. 



A small vertical copper-tube boiler heated by a spirit lamp, used to demon- 

 strate three working models of steam steering engines (U.S.N.M. nos. 31U475 

 and 310476) invented by Herbert Wadsworth. U.S.N.M. no. 310477. 



A model of a brass boiler mounted on a swivel. Not identified. Transfer 

 from tlie United States Patent Office. U.S.N.M. no. 309011. 



A model of a draft blower. Not identified. Transfer from the United States 

 Patent Office. U.S.N.M. no. 308723. 



FIRE ENGINES 

 HUNNEMAN HAND-PUMP FIRE ENGINE, 1854 

 U.S.N.M. no. 310747; original; gift of Charles T. Nehf; not illustrated. 



This engine is a fairly large hand-pumper typical of city fire- 

 fighting apparatus just prior to the introduction of steam fire engines. 

 It has a history that is also typical in that it was purchased first by 

 a volunteer company of a city, Terre Haute, Ind., served there until 

 replaced by newer equipment, when it was given to the town of 

 Jasper, Ind., where it was the village fire fighter until motorized, 

 consolidated companies gave outlying communities adequate modern 

 protection at costs they could afford. It v;as then acquired by the 

 donor as a memorial to the services of the company w^hich first owned 

 it and of which he was a member. 



The engine was built in 1854 by Hunneman & Co. at Boston and 

 sold originally at $720. 



It consists of a large tank body mounted on wheels and acting as 

 the support of a 2-cylinder beam-actuated pump. The beam, which 

 runs lengthw^ise of the vehicle, carries two long handle bars parallel 

 to the beam but so attached as to swing across the ends of the beam 

 to permit 8 to 12 men to pump at each end of the beam. Water 

 entered the pump from a short suction hose when a stream or pool 

 could be reached, otherwise a bucket brigade poured water into the 

 tank body of the engine from which it was delivered by the pump to 

 hoses to play upon the fire. A hand-hammered copper surge cham- 

 ber, or dome, is a striking feature in the appearance of the engine. 



CLAPP AND JONES PISTON STEAM FIRE ENGINE, 1876-1878 



U.S.N.M. no. 310396; original; gift of the United Fire Engine Co. No. 3; !iot 

 illustrated. 



This steam fire engine was one of three exhibited by the makers, 

 Clapp & Jones, of Hudson, N. Y., at the Philadelphia International 

 Exposition in 1876, where it assisted in securing for the makers the 

 award in tlie class of piston steam fire engines. In 1878 the engine 



