Historic Waynesborough

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Leather Firebuckets Filled with Sand or Water

leather fire buckets Leather firebuckets, so necessary in 17th and 18th-century America, would be filled with water or sand to quickly douse house fires. These authentic reproductions marked with Anthony Wayne and I. Wayne were funded by Conestoga Questers and a grant from the Pennsylvania State Questers.

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This entry was posted on January 7, 2016 by in Authentic Reproductions, House, Interior and tagged .
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