Magirus Collection

LCC-LFB Magirus (screw) 100ft turntable ladder
An example of the Dennis Morris Magirus turntable ladder in its fire station appliance room

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

LCC-LFB 100 foot turntable ladder at Lambeth HQ
An AEC/Magirus all steel turntable ladder with its own fire pump at the Brigade headquarters station, Lambeth SE1. These open type TL were still operational in the mid 1960s although they were only

Magirus patent turntable ladder fire escape
Details of the Magirus-Leiter patent turntable ladder fire escape, a prize-winning vehicle exhibited at various trade fairs in Paris (1900), Berlin (1901) and London (1903)

Morris Magirus vehicle with turntable ladder
A Morris Magirus vehicle with turntable ladder, commissioned in 1931. Date: circa 1931

Cannon Street Fire Station - Vehicles
Cannon Street Fire Station, London in 1913 - showing: Dennis Pump, Electric Escape Van and in the rear, a horse-drawn Magirus Ladder. The ladder was extended by means of CO2 gas carried in cylinders

LCC-LFB Turntable ladder and crew at Southwark
A steel Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder at the Brigade Headquarters, Southwark SE1

LCC-LFB Merryweather Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder
The Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder being demonstrated at the Brigade headquarters, Lambeth. Showing the full working height of the TL, reaching the 9th floor of the drill tower

LCC-LFB Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder and crew
Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder in the drill yard of Southwark headquarters No.1 station located in Southwark Bridge Road SE1

LCC-LFB Magirus 85 foot turntable ladder and crew
Magirus 85 foot turntable ladder in the drill yard of Southwark headquarters, No.1 station, located in Southwark Bridge Road SE1

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