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antique fire hose reel, Wirt Knox cast iron wheel and mounting rack w/ Captain cotton rubber fire hose

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Late 1800s or early 1900s vintage iron reel and rack for a fire hose, wall mount brackets with rotating wheel about 15 1/2" in diameter. The casting is marked W&K Co (Wirt and Knox).

This holds a Captain brand cotton / rubber fire hose. There's no nozzle, but it's 45 feet long just as it is, so I think this was probably the full original 50 feet before the brass hardware was removed at either end. Hose is fairly clean, flexible and without obvious damage, but there's cracking to the red rubber inside, visible from either end.

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