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Lot 242

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$3,000 - 5,000
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$7,620
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Lot Description

A Copper and Wood Horse-Drawn Steam-Powered Fire Engine Model
Late 19th Century and later

model of a circa 1870s engine produced by Amoskeag Locomotive Works in Manchester, New Hampshire.
mounted to wood base with affixed brass plaque engraved Manchester.
Overall height 17 x width of base 37 1/2 x depth 15; height of model 15 x width 33 x depth 9 inches.

Another plaque affixed to base reads Rebuilt By / N.A. DiRaddo & E.L. Grant / Camden, N.J. / 1968. Nicholas DiRaddo worked as a machinist at a radio factory in Camden and presumably created engine models as a hobby. Two of his models are in the collection of the National Museum of American History. E.L. Grant likely refers to his brother-in-law, Elmer Grant.

Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey

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