Two-Wheel Fire Hose Reel - Hereford, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 34° 49.121 W 102° 23.957
13S E 737870 N 3856019
Hand, horse or car, they did care who pulled/pushed it
Waymark Code: WMM2VX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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Marker Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee
Date Marker Erected: 1967
County of display: Deaf Smith County
Location of display: 400 Sampson St., Deaf Smith County Museum, Hereford.

THC Marker text:

TWO-WHEELED FIRE HOSE REEL
Hereford's mid-1913 equipment to fight fires. Hand-propelled, or (at a $5 bonus) hauled by the auto or horses of a bystander. Reel cost only $133, but in two months was discarded: a motor truck with ladders was bought.

Prior to 1913 the fire wagon in almost every Texas town was drawn by a fine team of horses, trained to trot into place at sound of the fire whistle. The fire wagon charged down dirt streets with smoke billowing and horses at a dead gallop.

After multi-million dollar fires, 1909-1912, Texas cities wanted better fire equipment.

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