Watson Hand Pumper, c.1955
Description
- Creator
- Unknown, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Negatives
- Description
- Black and white negative showing the Watson hand pumper.
- Notes
- This hand pump was used to put out fires at the Watson Grain Elevators at Port Whitby as early as the 1840s. The pump, thought to have been made in 1827, was donated to the Town of Whitby in 1984 and restored.
- Date of Original
- c.1955
- Dimensions
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Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 08-005-051
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8786873217778 Longitude: -78.9414530688476
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- Donor
- Mrs Frost
- Copyright Statement
- This item is protected by the Canadian Copyright Act and is intended for one-time use only. Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). It is your responsibility for obtaining these permissions.
- Recommended Citation
- Watson Hand Pumper, c.1955, Unknown, Whitby Archives, 08-005-051.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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