Hydrophore

Small portable hydrophore from around 1900

Hydrophor from 1894, which was later supplemented with a portable motorized sprayer

Horse-drawn hydrophore from Heinrich Kurtz, Stuttgart, 1890

A hydrophore was a pump that was used by fire services as a fire extinguishing pump in the 19th and early 20th centuries . They were used from around 1830.

The hydrophore was a hand-operated piston pump that also had an air chamber. The name comes from the construction form of a hydrophore . The hydrophore came in a variety of sizes, from small portable models to large horse-drawn wagons. Even the small pumps required four men to operate.

Important manufacturers were the companies Wm. Knaust in Vienna, Kernreuter, Rosenbauer , Czermack, or Union.

Ferdinand Leitenberger developed a cheaper variant of a fire extinguisher pump, the so-called hose water feeder , around 1850. Around 1870 the even more expensive steam syringe was invented. Nevertheless, the hydrophore remained in use for a long time, as can be seen from the hydrophore, which was only built in Sopron in 1894. This was pulled by horses and had a large hose reel attached.

Web links

Commons : Hydrophors  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Technical history of fire services ( Memento from June 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Austrian Federal Fire Brigade Association, accessed on July 25, 2010