NOZZLE, FIRE-HOSE
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- Other Name
- NOZZLE TIPS (4)
- Date Range From
- 1898
- Date Range To
- 1908
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- BRASS, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19760097000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- NOZZLE TIPS (4)
- Date Range From
- 1898
- Date Range To
- 1908
- Materials
- BRASS, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 5
- Height
- 8.3
- Length
- 38.7
- Width
- 3.8
- Description
- SET OF 4 NOZZLE TIPS, MADE OF BRASS, ARE SCREWED ONTO A 2 X 4 PIECE OF BLACKWOOD (ABOVE DIMESIONS). PAINTED BLACK. NOZZLE TIPS, 10.2 CM LTH. 2 NOZZLE ON THE LEFT OR RIGHT SIDE ARE BOTH 2.8 CM HOLE SIZE; THE ONE NEXT IS OF 1.9 HOLE SIZE AND THE LAST IS A CONVERSION NOZZLE OF 2.2 CM HOLE SIZE. THE CONVERSION NOZZLE MAY CONVERT FOR USE OF OTHER SIZES OF NOZZLES. EACH NOZZLE HAS ENGRAVED ON THE BOTTOM: "J. MORRIS & SONS LTD. FIRE ENGINEERS MANCHESTER". EACH NOZZLE HAS A 6.3 CM HOLE TO SCREW ONTO THE SCREW RECEPTACLE WHICH IS BOLTED ONTO THE BOARD. 6.3 CM THREAD. THERE ARE TWO SCREWS ON EACH SIDE OF THE MIDDLE TWO NOZZLES, WHICH ARE SCREWED ONTO SOMETHING FOR THE PURPOSE OF HOLDING THE BOARD IN PLACE. N.B. ONE 2.8 CM NOZZLE TIP, ON MOBILE DISPLAY.
- Subjects
- REGULATIVE & PROTECTIVE T&E
- Historical Association
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- NOZZLES WERE ONCE MOUNTED ONTO SIDE OF OLD AJAX LADDER FIRE TRUCK, WHICH OPERATED FROM #1 FIRE HALL BUILT IN 1908-09 BY ARCHITECT J.A. MCDONALD & CONTRACTOR SMITH BROS. & WILSON.
- Catalogue Number
- P19760097000
- Acquisition Date
- 1975-04
- Collection
- Museum