The City of Manchester NH had been using hose directly off its hydrants since the water systems installation in 1872. That Holly hydrant was in no way required for that to happen. Operation depended on the pressure that water works wanted to keep in the system. As long as a hydrant had 40-60 pounds of operating pressure you could do just about anything you needed to do.
Ahrens Fox was always superior. I recall hearing from a volunteer firefighter in New Jersey, I think, whose company was running a 1920's Ahrens Fox, on a mutual aid multi alarm. The new appliances there were throwing 1000 gpm.Theirs was throwing up to 1500 on surge. Amazing!
Thank you for these videos.
This video series was well done, and is a good historical representative of the early days.
The City of Manchester NH had been using hose directly off its hydrants since the water systems installation in 1872. That Holly hydrant was in no way required for that to happen. Operation depended on the pressure that water works wanted to keep in the system. As long as a hydrant had 40-60 pounds of operating pressure you could do just about anything you needed to do.
Thanks for your comments Pearson... Come visit us if you are ever in the Chicago Area. :-)
My favorite was 1939 Ahrens fox. Cant beat the piston pump for pressure.
Ahrens Fox was always superior. I recall hearing from a volunteer firefighter in New Jersey, I think, whose company was running a 1920's Ahrens Fox, on a mutual aid multi alarm. The new appliances there were throwing 1000 gpm.Theirs was throwing up to 1500 on surge. Amazing!