Pulled Gallery

LCC-LFB Kennington fire station, Lambeth

Built by the London County Council, Kennington fire station was located in Renfrew Road, Lower Kennington, South London. Seen here are its horse drawn escape ladder and steamer together with the hand pulled hose cart in front of the station. On one side is the station superintendent, and above is the illuminated night sign which says FIRE ENGINES

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

Cart pulled by a horse, cow, bullock, donkey at same time

Vintage 19th century photograph: heavy cart with sacks, being pulled by a horse a cow / bullock and a donkey at the same time. Sommer studio, southern Italy

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Electric telegraph used in Crimean War, 1854

Electric telegraph used in the Crimean War, 1854. The plough for laying the wire. The wire is deposited by a subsoil plough in the ground, at a depth sufficient to protect it from ordinary casualties: the wire being coiled round a wheel revolving horizontally, attached to a carriage drawn in advance. The whole apparatus can be worked by the strength of eight men. The carriage and plough depicted here were sketched at Woolwich prior to their being sent to the seat of war. Date: 1854

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans