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CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Friendship Firehouse Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=57758\n\nJoin us Saturday\, September 14 in front of Fr
 iendship Firehouse Museum at 107 South Alfred Street for a muster of over
  15 antique\, hand-drawn firefighting apparatus. Participating vehicles w
 ill include 19th-century suction fire engines and hose reel carriages. \n
 \nSuction engines\, invented in the early 19th century\, drew water from 
 wells\, hydrants\, and other sources through a hose\, and provided a powe
 rful 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 eng
 ine itself\, so additional vehicles were created specifically to carry ex
 tra lengths of hose.      \n\nFire was a constant danger in a town of mos
 tly wooden buildings\, where open flames provided heat\, light\, and cook
 ing.  The Friendship\, Sun\, Relief\, Hydraulion\, and Star volunteer fir
 e companies served the community faithfully\, particularly during enormou
 s blazes in 1827\, 1855\, and 1871.   \n\nFriendship Firehouse Museum's h
 istoric 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 vehicle bounced through Alexandria'
 s streets. \n\nThanks to fundraising efforts led by the Friendship Vetera
 ns Fire Engine Association\, the Prettyman hose carriage recently underwe
 nt much needed conservation\, returning to Friendship Firehouse in 2022. 
 Additional hose reel carriages and suction engines from throughout the re
 gion will be on display outside of the Friendship Firehouse Museum on the
  100 block of South Alfred Street. \n\nFriendship & Firefighting in Alexa
 ndria is sponsored by the Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association and
  the Office of Historic Alexandria. \n\nAdmission is free.\n\nLocation: F
 riendship Firehouse Museum\, 107 S. Alfred St.\nAudience: Anyone may atte
 nd\nTags: Family\, Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Museums
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SUMMARY:Muster Friendship and Firefighting in Alexandria
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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=57758">https://apps.alexandri
 ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=57758</a><br />\n<br />Join us Saturday\,
  September 14 in front of Friendship Firehouse Museum at 107 South Alfred
  Street for a muster of over 15 antique\, hand-drawn firefighting apparat
 us. Participating vehicles will include 19th-century suction fire engines
  and hose reel carriages. \n<br />\n<br />Suction engines\, invented in t
 he early 19th century\, drew water from wells\, hydrants\, and other sour
 ces 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 additional vehicl
 es were created specifically to carry extra lengths of hose.      \n<br /
 >\n<br />Fire 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 th
 e community faithfully\, particularly during enormous blazes in 1827\, 18
 55\, and 1871.   \n<br />\n<br />Friendship Firehouse Museum?s historic f
 irefighting 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 bel
 ls to sound the alarm as the vehicle bounced through Alexandria?s streets
 . \n<br />\n<br />Thanks to fundraising efforts led by the Friendship Vet
 erans Fire Engine Association\, the Prettyman hose carriage recently unde
 rwent much needed conservation\, returning to Friendship Firehouse in 202
 2. Additional hose 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. \n<br />\n<br />Friendship &amp\; F
 irefighting in Alexandria is sponsored by the Friendship Veterans Fire En
 gine Association and the Office of Historic Alexandria. \n<br />\n<br />A
 dmission is free.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Friendship Firehouse Museum\, 
 107 S. Alfred St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Family\
 , Friendship Firehouse Museum\, Museums
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