Fire Engines (pre-1900-1959)

Manual Fire Engine

From Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum

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Waterwitch Horse-Drawn Fire Engine

Built for Henry Mitchell & Co for the Cape Hill Brewery.

Years

1879

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Merryweather horse-drawn fire engine

Ex-LNER, Gateshead

Years

1880

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Merryweather Motorised Fire Engine

Britain’s first motorised fire engine

Years

1904

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Gobron-Brillie Fire Engine

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Years

1907

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Merryweather Fire Engine

Brazil

Years

1912

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Photo: Wikipedia

Dennis Fire Engine

Swindon railway works

Years

1912

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Leyland Merryweather Fire Engine

Holkham Hall

Years

1915

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Gwynnes Fire Engine

Holkham Hall

Years

c. 1922

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Ford Model T Fire Engine

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Years

1923

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Guy-Morris Fire Engine

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Years

1924

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Morris Fire Engine

Years

1929

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Morris C-Type Fire Engine

Years

1934

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Leyland Fire Engine

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Years

1937

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Merryweather Fire Engine

Britain’s earliest surviving airfield crash tender

Years

1937

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Photo: Flickr

Dennis Ace Fire Engine

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Years

1937

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Leyland-Metz Fire Engine

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Years

c. 1938

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Austin K2 Fire Engine

Served with Coventry Fire Service during the blitz, then Jaguar works.

Years

1939

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Leyland Fire Engine

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Years

1940

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Karrier Fire Engine

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Years

1952

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Dennis F8 Fire Engine

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Years

1953

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Land Rover Fire Engine and Coventry Climax FW Godiva Fire Pump

The famous Coventry Climax engine adapted for racing car use by Lotus, Cooper and others.

Years

1953

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Bedford Green Goddess Fire Engine

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Years

1956

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Alvis Salamander Pyrene Fire Crash Tender

Shares the six-wheel-drive chassis with the FV 601 Saladin armoured car. Firefighting equipment by The Pyrene Company Limited could produce 7,500 gallons of foam per minute and carried a crew of 6.

Years

1958

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6515cc S8 Rolls-Royce B81

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