Antique Attic Fire Extinguisher

Extinguishing fires before they spread has always been a problem.

Antique attic fire extinguisher.

Fire grenade is a fitting name for this type of fire extinguisher. We decided to clean out the attic in our fire house. At first fire extinguishers were as simple as a bucket in each home dedicated to the cause so that householders could toss them out to volunteer firefighters in times of need. We are trying to earn enough money to get a new fire truck or at least some new gear.

These were intended to be thrown at a fire and the thin glass container would shatter and disperse the water to extinguish the flames. Glass fire grenade was manufactured between 1870 and 1910. Vintage and antique fire extinguishers are hot for collecting. The most common antique fire extinguisher material is metal.

Well you re in luck because here they come. It says on it that it was made in newark new jersey. It was meant to be tossed just as one would lob a military grenade. 4 5 out of 5 stars 122.

Its riveted together with a brass nameplate from sterlinger chas. If there was a fire any person young or old would be able to take it out of the holder and throw it at the. 00 24 00 item 11 71 shipping. A co any ideas as to what this thing is worth.

Found this old fire extinguisher. After many years inventors created what is now an antique fire extinguisher the precursor to today s modern ones. Times summed up the success of fire grenades. These types of fire extinguishers were made and used between the years of 1870 and 1910.

This is a brass pyrene soda acid antique fire extinguisher. It has a. Glass fire grenades were used widely for over 40 years. Any information and rough values of the items would be greatly appreciated.

There are 222 antique fire extinguisher for sale on etsy and they cost 169 84 on average. About antique fire extinguisher. With numerous diverse incarnations to tell the story of their history each era of antique fire extinguisher can develop its own loyal following. Tenyu car electric or circuit box automatic self activation fire extinguisher fire suppression device purple.

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Did you scroll all this way to get facts about antique fire extinguisher. The most popular color. The earliest glass fire suppression devices or fire grenades were hand blown patterned often colored round glass bottles usually filled with salt water until about 1900. They would be stored on metal brackets on the wall.

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