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CATEGORIES:Friendship Firehouse Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=57455\n\nJoin us Saturday\, May 18 in front of Friendsh
 ip Firehouse Museum at 107 South Alfred Street for a muster of antique\, 
 hand-drawn firefighting apparatus. Participating vehicles will include 19
 th-century suction fire engines and hose reel carriages. Suction engines\
 , invented in the early 19th century\, drew water from wells\, hydrants\,
  and other sources through a hose\, and provided a powerful and constant 
 stream of water. The first hoses were typically made in 50-foot lengths\,
  and only a few pieces could be carried on the fire engine itself\, so ad
 ditional vehicles were created specifically to carry extra lengths of hos
 e.    \n\nFire was a constant danger in a town of mostly wooden buildings
 \, where open flames provided heat\, light\, and cooking.  The Friendship
 \, Sun\, Relief\, Hydraulion\, and Star volunteer fire companies served t
 he community faithfully\, particularly during enormous blazes in 1827\, 1
 855\, and 1871. \n\nFriendship Firehouse Museum's historic firefighting v
 ehicles includes the Prettyman Hose Reel Carriage\, built in Alexandria i
 n 1858 by coachmaker\, and Friendship Fire Company member\, Robert Pretty
 man. It was ornately decorated and fitted with two large bells to sound t
 he alarm as the vehicle bounced through Alexandria's streets. Thanks to f
 undraising efforts led by the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association
 \, the Prettyman hose carriage recently underwent much needed conservatio
 n\, returning to Friendship Firehouse in 2022.  \n\nOver 15 additional ho
 se reel carriages and suction engines from throughout the region will be 
 on display outside of the Friendship Firehouse Museum on the 100 block of
  South Alfred Street. Friendship & Firefighting in Alexandria is sponsore
 d by the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association and the Office of Hi
 storic Alexandria. Admission is free.\n\n\nLocation: Friendship Firehouse
  Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Friendshi
 p Firehouse Museum\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Antique Fire Apparatus Muster
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=57455">https://apps.alexandri
 ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=57455</a><br />\n<br />Join us Saturday\,
  May 18 in front of Friendship Firehouse Museum at 107 South Alfred Stree
 t for a muster of antique\, hand-drawn firefighting apparatus. Participat
 ing vehicles will include 19th-century suction fire engines and hose reel
  carriages. Suction engines\, invented in the early 19th century\, drew w
 ater from wells\, hydrants\, and other sources through a hose\, and provi
 ded a powerful and constant stream of water. The first hoses were typical
 ly made in 50-foot lengths\, and only a few pieces could be carried on th
 e fire engine itself\, so additional vehicles were created specifically t
 o carry extra lengths of hose.    \n<br />\n<br />Fire was a constant dan
 ger in a town of mostly wooden buildings\, where open flames provided hea
 t\, light\, and cooking.  The Friendship\, Sun\, Relief\, Hydraulion\, an
 d Star volunteer fire companies served the community faithfully\, particu
 larly during enormous blazes in 1827\, 1855\, and 1871. \n<br />\n<br />F
 riendship Firehouse Museum?s historic firefighting vehicles includes the 
 Prettyman Hose Reel Carriage\, built in Alexandria in 1858 by coachmaker\
 , and Friendship Fire Company member\, Robert Prettyman. It was ornately 
 decorated and fitted with two large bells to sound the alarm as the vehic
 le bounced through Alexandria?s streets. Thanks to fundraising efforts le
 d by the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association\, the Prettyman hose
  carriage recently underwent much needed conservation\, returning to Frie
 ndship Firehouse in 2022.  \n<br />\n<br />Over 15 additional hose reel c
 arriages and suction engines from throughout the region will be on displa
 y outside of the Friendship Firehouse Museum on the 100 block of South Al
 fred Street. Friendship &amp\; Firefighting in Alexandria is sponsored by
  the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association and the Office of Histor
 ic Alexandria. Admission is free.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: Friend
 ship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may att
 end\n<br />Tags: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Histo
 ric Alexandria\, Old Town
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