OLD FIRE-HOSE NOZZLE

[lonewolfe]

Here's a find I made a while back in a field close to home by a church at approx. 7 inches deep.

I had it looked at by a local historian and he said it's an earlier 1900s fire-hose nozzle (circa 1920s/30s).

it took a little cleaning with brass cleaner to get it back to original looking color/condition as it was almost black when I found it.

HH

Lonewolfe

 

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[jeff of pa]

Cool Find, Lonewolfe.

It Cleaned up Real Nice too.
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[warsawdaddy]

WTG Lonewolf.Very nice nozzle.They made so many different ones over the past 120 yrs,they would make a nice collection.

 

[Michigan Badger]

These types of finds are extra nice due to their historical significance.

You'd get maybe $100 or more for it on ebay if you did the writeup right.

Good find.

 

[slow sweeper]

What a great find. Very cool!

 

[Kentucky Kache]

WTG, Lonewolfe. Excellent cleaning job.

 

[JakePhelps]

Awesome find

 

[trk5capt]

Lone Wolf, your nozzle is what was known in the fire service as a Play Pipe. When I went to work for the city of Charleston S.C. Fire Dept many years ago we still had many of them stuck away in closets at the fire stations. Good Hunting. trk5capt...

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Lonewolfe,

good artifact, a real keeper.. Cleaned up real nice.

have a good un.....
SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS

 

[trojan]

Nice job Lonewolfe,

I am currently a fire fighter up in the North West (BC) and can assure you that old nozzles like that have all been stripped clean from any of the active apparatus that roll in my area. They look very cool on the mantle piece or on the floor by the fire place once polished and make great retirement gifts once they are engraved for guys leaving the job.

We still use straight stream nozzles but they are more modern and hightech ($$$), you will still see multi section nozzles on large bore monitors or deck cannons on top of engines but we usually use a combination straight stream fog nozzle on any hand lines. Most of the newer appliances are chrome plated brass or anodized aluminum alloys.

Trojan

 

[hollowpointred]

thats a cool find lonewolfe! my brother would love that one. he collects old firehouse memoribilia. good stuff!

 

[rvbvetter]

Very cool find!! I'll bet the signal blast from that, about stood you on your head. WTG!! HH

 

[Leon]

Thats a cool find, WTG!!!
I like finding anything brass, that's a real treasure...
Good luck & Happy hunting~

 

[caratjuice]

Great find on a nice collectable piece.

 

[lefemmenakita]

I know your post is from 2005 but I found it trying to research my find.

Really cool!