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Description: Horse drawn rig leaving firehouse E3-1.
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Description: Circa 1910. Engine #3, first motorized apparatus. Shown in front of E3-1.
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Description: c.1913; Engine 3, Clifford & Griswold; 1912 Ahrens-Fox Piston Pumper.
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Description: ”K.C. Barker” Engine Company in front of the fire station building on Orchard Street. The horse-drawn steam fire engine is parked on the street in front of the 2-story brick fire station. Five firemen (wearing helmets) are standing near the horse and wheel at the front of the steam engine, one fireman is seated in the driver’s seat, and four firemen are standing adjacent to the rear wheel of the fire engine. The fireman who is nearest to the horse’s head is wearing a belt with the lettering, ”Foreman.” The fireman who is standing above the rear wheel axle is wearing a belt with the lettering, ”Engineer.” All of the other firemen are wearing belts which show the name ”K. C. Barker.” Circa 1878. Shown in front of Engine 4-1.
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Description: Circa 1906. Horse drawn Steamer.
Note: The structure behind the apparatus does not match other photos of the firehouses for Engine 8. This may indicate that there was another structure that housed Engine 8 between E8-1 and E8-2.
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Description: Circa 1906.
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Description: Sepia-toned photograph of Detroit Engine Company No. 9 exiting a fire station with a horse-drawn Amoskeag steam engine. A team of three horses pull the equipment, driven by a fireman, a second fireman is seated beside him, while a third fireman is standing on the rear of the engine behind the water tank.
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Description: Sepia-toned gelatin silver photo of five firemen, a horse-drawn hose wagon, and a horse-drawn steam fire engine as they are leaving the fire station. The group is Steam Engine Company No. 9 and the number, ”9,” can be seen on the side of the hose wagon just below the driver’s seat.
