The Pneumatic Engineering Co. are the makers of this apparatus, named the Harris System of raising water by direct pressure.
THE STEAM
FIRE ENGINE
Fig. 388.
THE STEAM FIRE ENGINE.
The steam fire engine is practically a portable pumping engine. It is in all respects a complete water works on a small scale, hence, a modern apparatus must, within itself, and each part working harmoniously with every other part, contain several complex mechanisms. This will readily appear by a study of the several succeeding illustrations; the first, which in the figure below exhibits a “view” of a complete machine.
