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Engines and Other Apparatus of the Milwaukee Fire Department: An Illustrated History
Contributor(s): Mutza, Wayne (Author)

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 ISBN: 1476680787     ISBN-13: 9781476680781
Publisher: McFarland & Company
OUR PRICE: $52.45  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: October 2020
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Transportation | Automotive - Trucks
- Social Science | Human Services
- History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi
Dewey: 628.925
LCCN: 2020036602
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 8.3" W x 10.7" L (1.65 lbs) 318 pages
 
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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.
 
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