Drills Collection (page 2)

LCC-MFB firemen at drill, Southwark HQ
Firefighters at Metropolitan Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, carrying out a drill in the yard

LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw demonstrates pumping
Moored at its Blackfriars river station on the Victoria Embankment, the newly commissioned Massey Shaw fireboat demonstrates its massive pumping capacity by discharging a vast amount of water

Auxiliary London firemen at drill on a fireboat, WW2
Auxiliary London firemen (AFS) under instruction in the use of a rocket-line as part of their fireboat drills and training

LCC-LFB fire engine drills at Southwark HQ
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade was renamed the London Fire Brigade in 1904, with much of its former equipment still in regular use. Self-propelled fire engines were being introduced by 1904

Auxiliary firefighters at drill, Lambeth HQ, WW2
Auxiliary crews from station 75W (Shelborne Road School sub station in Holloway) getting to work with a trailer pump and jets in the drill yard of Brigade Headquarters

Firefighters tackle oil tray fire, Lambeth HQ
An item from the drill display where firefighters extinguish a blazing oil tray fire using foam from two gallon (10 litre) fire extinguishers

Fire brigade display preparations at Lambeth HQ
A mock-up of a domestic room setting being erected to show the dangers of fire at the regular drill displays conducted in the London Fire Brigade headquarters drill yard

LFB mechanical fire appliance at Southwark HQ
Two London firemen at drill with a motorised fire appliance (with its ladder removed), watching at drills being performed out of shot

Defense! Long Island women : Home defense day : Exhibits - demonstrations - lectures - drills - music. Poster announcing activities related to home defense held at Adelphi College, Garden City

Women in industry. Tool production. Inspecting thousands of drills each day, women employed by a large Midwest drill and tool company must learn to detect the tiniest flaw in these vital machine

Tea tango craze: learning to Tango, 1913
Ladies learning the tango standing in a circle, while teacher Mme Vicarni instructs and drills them in steps and movements. Here, the correct position of the arm is demonstrated. Date: 1913

Stone Drill 18th Century
Various elements (including gears) of a stone drill from 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Mexican army during a drill in Bateria de la Fortaleza de San Diego, Veracruz

Hydraulic drills at work on Culebra Cut, Panama Canal

Removing Rock from a Tunnel
Three construction workers use pneumatic drills to remove rock from around a large pipe in an underground tunnel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

A metalworker operating a drill
A wonderful photograph showing a metalworker operating a drill using all four of his limbs. The manufacturers craft in an industrial setting, attesting to years of experience

Fire Alarm Panic
Rushing feet sometimes become entangled. A child trips up and slips to the floor, tripping up the next and the next child, in a domino effect caused by fire alarm panic

Levelling Mountains
Massive mobile drills mounted on caterpillar tracks will blast at rock to level inconvenient mountains

A Bullying Bulldog
A bullying Bulldog drills three awkward birds on the parade-ground

Fire Drill 1930S
All saved! The importance of learning a fire drill is fully realised by those in charge of Childrens Homes. Here waifs and strays practice using a sheet as a fire escape

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