New York City Fire Museum

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Facade of the former SoHo guard, now a museum
Memorial room to the fire fighters who died on September 11, 2001
One of the oldest steam sprayers in all of North America

The New York City Fire Museum is located in an old fire station , built in 1904, in SoHo (278 Spring Street between Varick and Hudson Streets), New York City . Over the three wheelchair-accessible floors, life-saving appliances and tools from several centuries are shown, including what is possibly the oldest steam syringe in North America (built in 1790). It was in use for over 100 years.

ground floor

Old vehicles, hand and steam operated syringes. The 343 fire fighters who died on September 11, 2001 during the evacuation of the World Trade Center are remembered in a room .

The machines on display include:

  • the named syringe after "Farnam" (built in New York around 1790)
  • a syringe in a box like a piano
  • a goose neck pumper
  • a Philadelphia double-tank syringe
  • Steinway Pants No. 7th
  • Astoria Pants No. 8th
  • 1901 LaFrance horse-drawn steam engine from Brooklyn
  • a 1912 gas-powered Van Blerck tractor with a pump
  • a horse-drawn cart
  • a 1921 American La France pump

1st floor

The museum also has a collection of over 2,000 insurance badges on houses to indicate their insurance coverage.

Modern personal equipment and protective clothing are also on display.

2nd Floor

These rooms can be used for celebrations etc. be rented.

Photo gallery

See also

literature

  • Rudolph W. Giuliani: Brotherhood . Illustrated book. Main Street Press, USA. 2004. 240 pages, ISBN 0916103943 . (English)
  • David Halberstam: Firehouse . Hyperion Books, USA. 2002. 201 pages, ISBN 1401300057 (English)
  • Stephen Roper: Handbook of modern Steam Fire Engines, Philadelphia, 1878 (English)

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Coordinates: 40 ° 43 '32 "  N , 74 ° 0' 25"  W.