Help Restore "Joel Bates" Engine
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We are the Fireman's Hall Museum in Philadelphia. We're here to present and preserve the history of firefighting in Philadelphia. Our Museum occupies a restored fire house in Olde City that opened in 1902.
Several years ago, the New England Fire and History Museum closed its doors and offered our museum some of its Philadelphia related artifacts, including a double deck end stroke hand engine believed to be made by Joel Bates. In the 1830's, Joel Bates was building fire engines in his workshop on Drinkers Alley, now Quarry Street home of the Fireman's Hall Museum in Philadelphia.
We want to bring this engine home!
This once beautiful and functional engine was rescued from the Delaware River at low tide in the mid-twentieth century and now needs major conservation work to stabilize it before we can bring it into the museum and put it on display.
We hope to start the work in 2016.
Estimates for stabilization are $16,250, which is the minimum amount needed to get this engine to the museum. However, total restoration is $45,000.
The Philadelphia Fire Department Historical Corp is a nonprofit organization and your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Please help us to get this beautiful engine restored so we can continue to interpret the history of firefighting in Philadelphia by adding this piece to our collection.
For more information please contact Fireman's Hall Museum in Philadelphia.
Several years ago, the New England Fire and History Museum closed its doors and offered our museum some of its Philadelphia related artifacts, including a double deck end stroke hand engine believed to be made by Joel Bates. In the 1830's, Joel Bates was building fire engines in his workshop on Drinkers Alley, now Quarry Street home of the Fireman's Hall Museum in Philadelphia.
We want to bring this engine home!
This once beautiful and functional engine was rescued from the Delaware River at low tide in the mid-twentieth century and now needs major conservation work to stabilize it before we can bring it into the museum and put it on display.
We hope to start the work in 2016.
Estimates for stabilization are $16,250, which is the minimum amount needed to get this engine to the museum. However, total restoration is $45,000.
The Philadelphia Fire Department Historical Corp is a nonprofit organization and your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Please help us to get this beautiful engine restored so we can continue to interpret the history of firefighting in Philadelphia by adding this piece to our collection.
For more information please contact Fireman's Hall Museum in Philadelphia.
Organizer and beneficiary
Frank Schiazza
Organizer
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Fire Department Historical Corporation Museum
Beneficiary
