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Demonstration of a Battery for Fighting Fires from the Street, Manhattan (1876) Wall Art
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Demonstration of a Battery for Fighting Fires from the Street, Manhattan (1876) documents an early firefighting demonstration at 59th Street and 11th Avenue using the Hastings System. Rendered as an American wood engraving, the scene captures the mechanical ingenuity and public spectacle of nineteenth-century urban fire control. The composition emphasizes infrastructure, crowd presence, and engineered apparatus within the growing cityscape of Manhattan.