Pump Collection (page 10)

Incident at East Surrey Grove, SE London, 7 May 1955. Showing a fire engine (pump) on the pavement and front gardens of two private houses

Firefighters with hose and pump equipment

LCC-LFB motorised Hatfield type fire engine
A motorised Hatfield-type fire engine. The London Fire Brigade was introducing motorised fire engines and the last horse-drawn appliance (a turntable ladder) would be withdrawn in 1921

Firefighters operating old pump at special drill display
Firefighters operating an old pump at a special drill display given on 13 October 1937 to Chief Officers of provincial fire brigades. Date: 1937

Metropolitan Fire Brigade horse-drawn steamer
A Metropolitan Fire Brigade horse-drawn steamer with driver-operator

Engraving of a steamer in action during a fire, with panic on the street

Old pump at special drill display
Men bringing out an old pump for a special drill display given on 13 October 1937 to Chief Officers of provincial fire brigades. Date: 1937

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

Birmingham firefighters in historical costumes
Birmingham firefighters in 17th, 18th and 19th century firemens costumes, in a display to raise money for a proposed superannuation fund. Date: 1892

LCC-London Fire Brigade recruits undergoing examination in pump drill, connecting a pump to a hydrant

Firefighting training display at Southwark Headquarters
Over 100 years ago, the London Fire Brigade encouraged a good public image, often opening its doors to exercises and special training events

Fire engine and crew, LCC-London Fire Brigate
A fire engine and its crew at Southwark HQ -- the first pneumatic tyred appliance, commissioned in April 1928, with a Dennis Tamini pump capacity of 500 gallons per minute. Date: circa 1928

LCC-London Fire Brigade, motorised pump at hose drill
Fire crew in the drill yard of the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, getting hose lines to work from a motorised fire pump. Date: 1909

Large Dennis trailer water pump

Trailer water pump at Dulwich Fire Station, WW2
The latest trailer water pump, presented in September 1940, seen here at Dulwich Fire Station, south London. Date: 1940

Scammell 45 gallon water pump, WW2
A Scammell 45 gallon water pump in position on a trolley during the Second World War (17 September 1942). Date: 1942

Firefighters with Essex County Fire Brigade engine
Firefighters with an Essex County Fire Brigade engine (TLP, turntable ladder pump)

Controls of a Leyland Metz fire engine, WW2
Controls of a Leyland Metz TLP (turntable ladder pump) fire engine, showing extension and elevation dials, 3 November 1944. Date: 1944

Cartoon, I m sure they ll ear this damn thing squeaking. From Fragments from France - No. 2, published by The Bystander in 1916

Britain poster, Cheltenham Spa, Pittville Pump Room, by Studio Hugo for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1938

Bullock-driven water pump, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

British soldiers drawing water, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers drawing water at a pump in a ruined village on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

16th century well incorporating a pump
A 16th century well that incorporates a pump system within its complex hydraulic mechanism. Date: 1588

Street scene outside Pratts garage, with people and cars

Scene outside a garage, with a burning car. Date: 1932

Dennis Guildford motor pump. Date: 1928

London Fire Brigade motorised pump
A London Fire Brigade motorised pump

Fire crew and horse drawn pump. Date: circa 1900

Fireboat Massey Shaw with eight hoses pumping. Date: 1935

Abbey Mills Pumping Station, London, 1867
Engraving showing the construction of the Abbey Mills Pumping Station in London, 1867. This station was built to pump fresh water to the city. Date: 13 April 1867

Faversham Water Pump
The ornate water pump at the Market Place, Faversham, Kent, England. Installed in 1855, it replaced an earlier pump dating from 1635. In 1864, a piped water supply was Date: 1855

Pluto Pipe-Lines across the Channel by G. H. Davis
Series of illustrations showing the workings of the Pluto ( Pipe Line Under The Ocean ) pipes across the English Channel which pumped millions of gallons of petrol from Great Britain to France during

Village Pump, Java
Native drawing water from the village pump, Java, Indonesia. Date: early 1930s

Cuartel de Bamba, Cristobal, Zona del Canal - Panama
Cuartel de Bamba (Fire Station), Cristobal, Zona del Canal (Canal Zone) - Panama. Date: circa 1910s

Czech Republic - Prague - The Little Square, surrounded with many houses of medieval origin with Gothic or Romanesque basements, which were given Baroque or Classicist facades. Date: circa 1906

Beijing, China - Street Scene - Watering shrubs Date: circa 1908

Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine - The Adaby Pump
Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine at Omuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto The Adaby Pump Date: circa 1910s

Thessaloniki, Greece - Firemen. Date: circa 1905

Volunteer Fire Brigade, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1897

National Professional School at Armentieres - Fire Drill
The National Professional School at Armentieres in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France. The boys undertaking a fire drill with buckets ladders and a hand pump Date: circa 1908

Thirsty walkers denied the chance of a drink at the pub
Thirsty Pedestrian - " Is there a pub in this village?" Ancient Villager - " Noa! But there be a Poomp!" Date: 1901

London Fire Brigade - Tottenham Station and Engine Date: circa 1900s

WW2 - Rationing of petrol illustrated on this postcard, a little boy relaint on his ration book to keep his car running! Date: circa 1942

Dornier DoX during refuelling with its semi rotary pump

Heat pump group (Brown-Boveri). IMechE Procs. vol.154. 1946. p.160 Date: 1946

Petrol pump attendant
People You See. Petrol pump attendant. From Teddy Bear (7 December 1963)

Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire, SE London
Firefighters at the scene of a warehouse fire on Ladywell Road, Lewisham, SE London

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

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