Stirrup pump

Fireguard on the roof of a building London 1941

A stirrup pump is a portable water pump used to extinguish or control small fires. It is operated by hand. The operator places a foot on a stirrup-like bracket at the bottom of the pump to hold the pump steady.

Topaz Utah 1946
Engraving from the mid-17th Century fire museum in Salem at Lake Constance, Germany
Farm and Garden Annual
A Currie & Co, Milwaukee, Wis.

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