Donor Name:Town of Goderich
Date: 1873
Associated Place: Goderich, ON
Item #: M968.0029.001

Fire Steam Engine could build up a steam pressure of 40 pounds in 8 minutes.  The steam fire engines are essentially a pair of single-acting suction and force pumps driven by steam power.  This engine is horse drawn, with a coal bin on back.  In front there are two seats for the driver and another fire fighter.   The machine runs on four steel wheels, that also have removable snow runners for winter use.

• Plaque 1 - "B. Holly's Patent Feb 1855"
• Plaque 2 - "Silsby Manufactures and Co. Island Works, Seneca Falls, N.Y. No 426, H.C. Silsby, Horace Silsby, E. J. S. Insby"
• Plaque 3 - "Horace Horton Mayor, RObert Gibbons Reeve, S. H. Detlr, Deputy Reeve, December 18, 1873."