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Gold leaf is applied to the coal box lettering. Since we are not suer of the original owner of the Waters, we chose to letter it for our museum.
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The completed coal box. It is missing scrolls on the corners, we are still trying to research the proper scroll design.
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The pump after striping per the original glass negative photographs.
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This striping design was uncovered by sanding through layers of original paint and reproduced exactly.
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A crackling wood fire is used to warm up the 1913 boiler slowly to reduce stresses before adding coal for a hot fire. They didn't do this back in the day, but they kept hot water in the boiler at all times for quick responseusing a stationary boiler in the firehouse.
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The steamer on display during a 4 month loan to a museum in Kansas City. The horse harness can be seen hanging to the left.