Engines Collection (page 12)

Machinery produced by Lawrence Hathaway, Member of IMechE, at his Trinity Pumps Company, Gobowen. The company produced floating pumps which were first used in fire engines and then cars

Steam engines near service shed, Exeter St David s
Steam engines outside a service shed at Exeter St David s, Devon. circa 1960s

Fire Station, Victoria Street, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa
Fire Station, Victoria Street, Nairobi, Kenya, British East Africa. Date: circa 1915

Race - steam train and racing car, 1920s
A racing car races a steam engine and begins to out pace it. Date: 1929

The double catapult. Designed by Leonardo da Vinci. 15th cen
Renaissance. Military Engineering. Drawn in the Atlantic Codex (folio 152 1485-1490) of Leonardo Da Vinci. The double catapult, with bucket and sling. Model

Train driver and stoker on engine footplate
On the footplate: a driver and a stoker on the open footplate of a night train at Christmas-time, discussing the recent railway strike in Scotland. Date: 1891

Lovett Eames, single bogie express locomotive, America
Lovett Eames, single bogie express locomotive no. 5000, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, America. Date: circa 1910

Two trains at Springfield, Ohio, USA
Two trains taking on water at the station in Springfield, Ohio, USA. The engines are the Big Four #46 and the CCC & St L (Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis Railway) #6. Date: circa 1910

Yakovlev Yak-4 -seen having its engines serviced was one of 90 built Designed as a light bomber, it first flew in February 1940

Westland Whirlwind I -an extremely promising and well armed long ranged fighter let down by fundamentally unreliable engines

Blackburn Botha British bomber plane
Blackburn B26 Botha British four-seat reconnaissance and torpedo bomber plane, with 900hp Bristol Perseus engines, used during the Second World War. Date: 1939-1944

Turnout of vehicles from Lambeth HQ, with the River Thames and Houses of Parliament in the background. Date: circa 1937

AFS recruitment parade, London, WW2
Recruitment parade for the AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) in a London street during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Firefighters attending crashed plane in field, WW2
Firefighters and vehicles attending a crashed plane burning in field. Date: 1940s

Aquitania and Vaterland compared by G. H. Davis
The Aquitania (British) and Vaterland (German) compared. Showing their relative length, displacement, engines and horsepower. Date: 1914

Paddington Station, London - Platform 5 - GWR Terminus designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Date: early 1930s

Steam trains in Kentish Town Train Sheds
Steam trains refueling in Kentish Town Train Sheds, London Date: early 1930s

Cross-section of a U-boat engine room Date: circa 1940s

The first prototype Airspeed AS4 Ferry G-ABSI
The first prototype Airspeed AS4 Ferry, G-ABSI, after its outboard engines had been replaced with inverted Gipsy Majors by Air Publicity of Heston

LCC-LFB Merryweather Hatfield pump at Southwark HQ
A chain-driven Hatfield type pump at LFB Southwark headquarters. Note the connected hard suction hose to the rear mounted pump

LCC-LFB Morris-Magirus solid tyre turntable ladder
The increasing need for ladders capable of reaching beyond the scope of the standard wheeled escape saw the introduction of the fist horse drawn turntable ladder in the late 1890s

A London Fire brigade wheeled ladder escape vehicle
Outside the London County Council boundary, Penge, to the south of London, was one of many fire brigades which had just one fire station covering its geographical area

LCC-LFB Tilling-Stevens petrol-electric turntable ladder
One of two similar turntable ladders (TL) which the London Fire Brigade had in service at this time

Volunteer firefighters help the war effort in London, WW2
With a Heavy Unit donated by a private company, volunteer firefighters are greeted by a VIP and congratulated for their contribution to the War Effort

Turntable ladder, Wembley fire station
Turntable ladder at Wembley fire station

Merryweather Fire King steam pump and crew, Southwark HQ. In 1899 Merryweather modified its steamer pumps to also propel the vehicle, and thus Londons first non-horse-drawn fire engines arrived

Firefighters at scene of fire in Commercial Road, East London

Firefighters dealing with a fire at St Silas Vicarage, SE15
Firefighters dealing with a fire at St Silas Vicarage, Inverton Road, Peckham, London SE15. Showing a hydraulic platform in action

LCC-LFB Hatfield motorised pump escape
Fire engines were fitted with bells in 1903 to warn other traffic to make way. Prior to that the shanty call of seamen Hi-ya-hi (shouted when rope hauling)

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