Horsed Collection (page 2)

The 2nd Life Guards in the early 1900s. Date: 1900s

Asleep at the wheel
Weary & Waiting. Cabbys last hope. Date: c. 1910

Oxford Street from Regent Circus, London. circa 1902

View of the traffic in Piccadilly Circus in 1905, London. Date: C. 1905

The former coaching inn of the The Angel Islington. London Date: c. 1905

Regent Street and the Regent Street Library. London Date: C. 1905

Fire crew and horse drawn pump. Date: circa 1900

LFB horse-drawn steamer at modern review
Lambeth LFB headquarters hosted annual displays and regular reviews. A popular feature was the inclusion of the working Victorian Shand Mason horse-drawn steam fire pump

LCC-MFB Shand Mason steamer
Shand Mason steamer ready for the turnout from Manchester Square Fire Station. This is a more powerful two-cylinder model. Water in the boiler was kept warm by a small gas ring

LCC- MFB horse drawn escape cart and ladder
A horse-drawn 50ft wheeled escape ladder. These could be very quickly slipped by the crew and extended up to a window. Their sole purpose was rescue, and these units

London Fire Brigade horse-drawn cart appliance

Horsed appliances of the London Fire Brigade

Fire crew and horse drawn pump

Firefighters and appliances at headquarters. The caption reads: Making up and getting away home after district call at headquarters

LCC-MFB 75 foot wheeled escape cart
This horse drawn escape cart carried one of the longer versions of the wheeled escape ladder. Until the introduction of the horse drawn turntable ladder

LCC-MFB Vauxhall fire station, Lambeth
Built by the London County Council (LCC), Vauxhall fire station opened in 1902 on the Albert Embankment (Vauxhall Bridge end)

LCC-MFB Streatham sub-fire station and engine
Whilst the new Streatham fire station was being built, a sub-station was employed to serve the local area. Seen here is the building that housed the horse drawn escape cart and the steamer (not shown)

LCC-MFB Escape cart at Southwark HQ
Escape cart in the yard of Southwark HQ. Prior to this time, the 50 foot wheeled escape ladders were pushed to fires. Around 1890 the Chief Officer, Captain Wells

LCC-MFB horse drawn wheeled escape cart
The newly developed horse drawn wheeled escape cart which allowed the escape ladder to be more easily slipped by the firefighters, thus shortening the time it took to rescue someone from a fire

LCC-MFB lithograph print of firefighters in action
Metropolitan Fire Brigade firefighters race to the scene of a fire on their horse drawn steamer fire engines

An example of a horsed steam pump of the London Fire Brigade

LCC-MFB Captain Massey Shaws brougham
Captain Eyre Massey Shaws (Chief Officer) horse drawn brougham (open carriage) outside his residence, Winchester House, within the headquarters of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in Southwark Bridge

LCC Fire Brigade Committee on tour of inspection
A horse drawn open Metropolitan Fire Brigade personnel carrier taking members of the LCCs Fire Brigade Committee on a tour of inspection

LCC-LFB steam fire engine racing in Hyde Park
King Edward VII took the Review of the London Fire Brigade in Hyde Park. Part of the review involved a demonstration of driving skills by the coachmen of the London Fire Brigade

LCC- MFB horse drawn steamer at Westminster
A steamer and crew at Westminster fire station, Francis Street, Victoria, during the latter years of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (it was renamed the London Fire Brigade in 1904)

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

LCC-LFB horse drawn steamer at drill, Southwark HQ

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