File ID	f355p4041
Contributor	Lewis Publishing Company (University City, Mo.)
Creator	Taylor, Eugene
Date.Digital	2002-07-25
Date.Original	1910-09-06
Description	In 1909, University City residents passed a bond issue for funds to purchase a fire engine. In September 1910, the brand new state-of-the art 90 horsepower, 650 gallon per minute, automobile fire engine built by the Robinson Fire Apparatus Company of St. Louis, was delivered. It cost $9,000. One of the first demonstrations was to show how high the water could be thrown. It went 58 feet higher than the 135 foot high Woman's Magazine Building, This photograph appeared in "The Woman's National Daily" on September 9, 1910.
Source	Photograph, laminated, lower right corner folded over and dirt streaks under laminate, 7.70" by 9.67"
Subject	University City (Mo.)--Pictorial Works
Subject	Delmar Boulevard (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Subject	Robinson Fire Apparatus Company
Subject	Woman's Magazine Building (University City, Mo.)
Subject.Keyword	People--Missouri--University City
Subject.Keyword	Buildings--Missouri--University City
Subject.Keyword	Fire trucks
Title	Demonstrating University City's new Robinson fire engine, 1910