According to existing information it appears that the City of Sioux Falls purchased this steamer in 1903 and used it for approximately 4 years until the city's water system was upgraded in 1907. The steamer was stored by the department until the 1970's when it was restored by the fire fighters. It is no longer in working condition but it is on display in our Central fire station. The restoration was not done for authenticity but to make it presentable for parades, hence the yellow wheels to match our apparatus at the time.

In 2000 our department celebrated it's 100th Anniversary as a paid fire
department and we arranged for a team of horses to pull it into the park
where we held a department picnic. We used one of our smoke machines to simulate steam and a photo of that is included.

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