Gorham Engineering Company was a fire apparatus and pump manufacturer located in Oakland, California.
History[]
Gorham manufactured large multi-stage centrifugal pumps(then known as turbine pumps). In 1911 the company teamed up with Seagrave to build pumpers. Seagrave provided the chassis, then Gorham would install a Gorham manufactured engine and pump. It is estimated that Gorham assembled approximately 40 of these Seagrave-Gorham pumpers between 1912 and 1915. The Gorham-Seagrave pumpers are believed to be the first fire pumpers to be equipped with a centrifugal pump.
Sources[]
- Sorenson, Wayne and Wood, Donald F. Motorized Fire Apparatus of the West 1900-1960. Polo, IL: Transportation Trails 1991. ISBN 9780933449114
- McCall, Walter M.P. Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Fire Engine Manufacturers. Hudson, WI: Iconografix, 2007. ISBN 9781583882528