Research Catalog

Title

Engines and other apparatus of the Milwaukee Fire Department : an illustrated history / Wayne Mutza.

Author

Mutza, Wayne,

Publication

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]

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Details

Description

viii, 310 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

"The vehicles and other firefighting equipment of the Milwaukee Fire Department, like the department itself, are unique among the fire service. It built more of its own apparatus than any other American city and few can match the scope and character of apparatus used to serve and protect life and property in Milwaukee. Through detailed research, firsthand narratives, and captivating photos, the author walks the reader through the fascinating history of the incredible machines that served Cream City from the mid-nineteenth century to modern times. This volume traces the ever-changing face of Milwaukee's fire-fighting and life-saving equipment in parallel with the city's own history and growth. The fire department workshop's reputation for ingenuity is shown through its adaptations to disastrous fires that brought about changes in laws, economic growth and decline, the establishment of Milwaukee's ethnic neighborhoods, the difficult transition from horses to motorization, the wartime and post-war experience, the corporate world of apparatus manufacturers, and Milwaukee's fireboat fleet."

Subjects

• Fire engines
• Milwaukee (Wis.) > Fire Department
• History
• Fire engines > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > History
• Wisconsin > Milwaukee
• Milwaukee (Wis.) > Fire Department > Equipment and supplies > History
• Equipment and supplies

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 9781476680781
• 1476680787
• 9781476638867 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2020036602

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library