Description
Ca. 1865 Rumsey Hand Drawn Pumper. This village pumper was used by the Badger Volunteer Fire Company of Centerville, Wisconsin. In 1871 the Company, with its little Rumsey, moved by train to Chicago to help fight the terrible fire that destroyed a third of the city. The "Badger" is called a "piano box" style engine because of the shape of its tank and pump housing.
This Rumsey Hand Drawn Pumper is owned by Hall of Flames and is on display at their museum in Phoenix, Arizona.
