{"id":4799,"date":"2019-08-18T21:41:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T01:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=4799"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:44:41","slug":"charlottes-crazy-hannah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/charlottes-crazy-hannah\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Charlotte&#8217;s 1866 Hand Engine Named&#8230; Crazy Hannah??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s something interesting. Couple stories from 1874-75 suggesting that the Charlotte Fire Department&#8217;s famous 1866 Jeffers hand engine&#8211;seen in recent years at special events statewide&#8211;was once named &#8220;Crazy Hannah.&#8221; The articles are attached below. See what you think.<\/p>\n<p>CFD reacquired the engine on March 28, 2012. It was originally purchased by the city in 1866, and was their first pumping engine. It was built by the Wil<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">liam Jeffers Company and served the city from 1866 to 1901.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>More views of the engine, as photographed by Legeros in 2012 at the\u00a0South Atlantic Fire Rescue Expo in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/legeros\/sets\/72157645124109933\/\" class=\"broken_link\">this Flickr album<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4800\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd1.png 800w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd1-730x486.png 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4801\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd2-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd2-730x541.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4802\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"943\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd3.jpg 943w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd3-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd3-730x743.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 943px) 100vw, 943px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4803\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd4.jpg 782w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd4-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-08-18-cfd4-730x896.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fcharlottes-crazy-hannah%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"4799\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Was Charlotte\\'s 1866 Hand Engine Named... 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