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Benson Firemen tested their first pumper around 1907 On back: 1st fire engine. Benson firemen tested their first pumper around 1907. It was horse-drawn--the pump was powered by gasoline. The town purchased this equipment in 1907 and still owns it. It is said to have been the first of its kind in North Carolina. The water was pumped from cisterns in the four or five sites around town.

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Title Benson Firemen with First Water Pump, 1907
Date (Text) 1907
Date 1907
Geographic Coverage Benson (N.C.)
Johnston County (N.C.)
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Type Image
Format Photographs
Language English
Local Item/Call Number 41
Standard Rights Statement http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
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Contact Information Benson Museum of Local History | PO Box 69, 303 East Church Street, Benson, NC 27504 | http://www.townofbenson.com/museum.html
Digital Collection Images of North Carolina

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