This 1800's Fire Pumper was used to fight fires by men pushing up and down on the handles in the middle of the vehicle. This can be found in the collection of the Franklin Museuem in New Athens Ohio.
Front Street, Marietta, Ohio, during flood of February 1884. J. Seyler & Bro. Hardware. Cadwallader's Fine Art Rooms. Cigar Factory. Marietta Zeitung (German newspaper).
Putnam Street, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, during the flood of February 1884. Strecker Bros. harnessmakers and Martin D. Follett Law Office visible.
Front Street, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, just above the railroad tracks, Rev. E. A. Coil, First Unitarian Church, cleaning up after the big flood March 1913