Antique Attic Fire Extinguisher

Fire grenade is a fitting name for this type of fire extinguisher.

Antique attic fire extinguisher. Its riveted together with a brass nameplate from sterlinger chas. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about antique fire extinguisher. We are trying to earn enough money to get a new fire truck or at least some new gear. Glass grenade style fire extinguisher bombs are glass bulbs shaped a little like an incandescent light bulb filled with an unknown liquid.

View profile view forum posts titanium join date oct 2007 location howell mi posts 2 226. Well you re in luck because here they come. Vintage and antique fire extinguishers are hot for collecting. An old fire extinguisher can often be sought by collectors for its unique design or ornate beauty as much as for its functionality.

They would be stored on metal brackets on the wall. Extinguishing fires before they spread has always been a problem. Afo fire extinguisher ball self activation auto fire off device. Fire grenade wasn t so hot at its job learn more about fire grenades.

Rangehood fire suppressor 1 pair 4 8 out of 5 stars 11. This is a brass pyrene soda acid antique fire extinguisher. It has a. With numerous diverse incarnations to tell the story of their history each era of antique fire extinguisher can develop its own loyal following.

A co any ideas as to what this thing is worth. 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. 09 26 2010 05 35 pm 2. 00 24 00 item 11 71 shipping.

We decided to clean out the attic in our fire house. Found this old fire extinguisher. There are 222 antique fire extinguisher for sale on etsy and they cost 169 84 on average. It says on it that it was made in newark new jersey.

About antique fire extinguisher. The most popular color. These were intended to be thrown at a fire and the thin glass container would shatter and disperse the water to extinguish the flames. Tenyu car electric or circuit box automatic self activation fire extinguisher fire suppression device purple.

The most common antique fire extinguisher material is metal. After many years inventors created what is now an antique fire extinguisher the precursor to today s modern ones. 95 0 67 oz free shipping. It was meant to be tossed just as one would lob a military grenade.

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. Times summed up the success of fire grenades. Glass fire grenade was manufactured between 1870 and 1910. 4 5 out of 5 stars 122.

These types of fire extinguishers were made and used between the years of 1870 and 1910. The title of a 1985 article in the l a. 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.