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Merry Weather Collection

Background imageMerry Weather Collection: Merryweathers Engine

Merryweathers Engine
Merryweather Three-in-one Motor Fire-Engine, with a Fire Suds apparatus producing a semi-fluid substance which floats on burning liquids and smothers the flames

Background imageMerry Weather Collection: Dr. Merryweathers Tempest Prognosticator

Dr. Merryweathers Tempest Prognosticator
Featured in the Great Exhibition of 1851, Dr. Merryweather of Whitbys Tempest Prognosticator was designed to warn of approaching storms

Background imageMerry Weather Collection: Fire Fighting 1666

Fire Fighting 1666
Hand squirts, leather buckets, axe and helmet from the period of the Great Fire of London (in the Merryweather Collection)

Background imageMerry Weather Collection: Quadricycle Hose-Carrier

Quadricycle Hose-Carrier
Merryweathers Quadricycle first-aid hose-carrier, consisting of two tandem bicycles suitably connected, between which was a carriage for fire-brigade implements Date: 1895

Background imageMerry Weather Collection: Steam Fire Engine

Steam Fire Engine
Canterburys steam fire- engine, built be Messrs Merryweather & sons, of Greenwich

Background imageMerry Weather Collection: A page from the Illustrated London News, 1951

A page from the Illustrated London News, 1951, showing a reconstruction of Dr. Merryweather of Whitbys Tempest Prognosticator, and an illustration detailing how the device works

Background imageMerry Weather Collection: Small Manual Engine / 1870

Small Manual Engine / 1870
A small manual fire engine constructed by the well-known firm of fire engineers, Messrs. Merryweather & Sons of Greenwich. Date: 1870

Background imageMerry Weather Collection: Line-Throwing Gun / 1920S

Line-Throwing Gun / 1920S
Merryweather line-throwing gun in use. These guns held 100 yards of line, allowing access to high buildings

Background imageMerry Weather Collection: Merryweather Turntable

Merryweather Turntable
In 1908 Merryweathers designed and constructed the first motor fire-ladder built on the one-engine principle, using the same motor which propelled the vehicle

Background imageMerry Weather Collection: Merryweather Fire Engine

Merryweather Fire Engine
One of two motor fire engines completed by Merryweathers in 1927. This vehicle is a six- wheeled version, with a Hatfield pump capable of delivering 400 gal a minute


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