Pirsch Smoke Ejector
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- 1931
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The Pirsch Smoke Ejector. This Pirsch built vehicle was credited by Chicago Fire Commissioner M. J. Corrigan, and all Chicago newspapers, with saving the lives of 16 Chicago firemen who were trapped April 14, 1931 in a burning, smoke and gas-filled tunnel in Chicago.
Starting in 1857, Nicholas Pirsch began producing fire engines and ladders. By 1970, the Pirsch Company became the largest United States manufacturer that focused exclusively on the production of fire equipment. Feeling competitive pressure from foreign companies, Pirsch stopped operations in 1986 and declared bankruptcy in 1987.
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Pirsch Company () et al
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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- Business and industry
Fire fighting equipment industry
Fire extinction
Equipment and supplies
Transportation
Fire engines
Kenosha County (Wis.)
Kenosha (Wis.) - Type
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- Pirsch Company () et al. Pirsch Smoke Ejector. 1931. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/RFDSWPVXHIPVW8F. (Accessed April 16, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Pirsch Company () et al, (1931) Pirsch Smoke Ejector. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/RFDSWPVXHIPVW8F
- MLA citation style
- Pirsch Company () et al. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/RFDSWPVXHIPVW8F>.