http://gwe2.org/2009/09/17/the-hose-carts/ Haverstraw New York Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:15:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://gwe2.org/2009/09/17/the-hose-carts/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Jim Morgan Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:59:28 +0000 http://gwe2.org/2008/03/24/the-hose-carts/#comment-269 We have asimilar history at Citizens Hose Company in Seymour Ct. We installed a water system in 1894 and placed hose carts throughout the water district. We owned a steamer at the time and several attempts were made to get rid of it and the expense it represented. Unfortunatly a fire occured outside the hydranted area and our steamer, repaired and reboilered served until 1920. Other towns in this area had 'Hose Companies' supplied by hydrants. Seymour had a hand pump first then our steamer in 1884, the only steamer in this area of the state. We have asimilar history at Citizens Hose Company in Seymour Ct. We installed a water system in 1894 and placed hose carts throughout the water district. We owned a steamer at the time and several attempts were made to get rid of it and the expense it represented. Unfortunatly a fire occured outside the hydranted area and our steamer, repaired and reboilered served until 1920. Other towns in this area had ‘Hose Companies’ supplied by hydrants. Seymour had a hand pump first then our steamer in 1884, the only steamer in this area of the state.

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