Sepia Collection (page 20)

Firefighters using a wheeled ladder escape

A firefighter with a wheeled ladder escape

LCC-MFB Horse drawn steamer and fire crew
A horse drawn steamer, mainstay of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades fire engine fleet, seen here at Southwark headquarters. Only the steamer had the ability to pump and deliver water onto a fire

LCC-LFB First fireboats in the London Fire Brigade
A fire float and tug were first introduced in 1877 and used until 1900 when they were replaced by shallow draft fireboats

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-LFB Pump escape at Southwark HQ
The pump escape and crew at drill in the station yard of Brigade Headquarters at Southwark, SE1. The widespread adoption of motorised fire engines led to the development of both self propelled

LCC-MFB Waterloo fire station
Located in the then Waterloo Bridge Road (No 142), Waterloo fire station was built in 1866. It was one of the first stations of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB Knightsbridge firemen competition winners
The winning crew of the annual horse drawn and motorised pump escape competition with their station superintendent. Knightsbridge fire station was opened in 1907, and still stands in Basil Street

LCC-LFB Early motorised fire engine
This machine was one of the early self-propelled petrol motor fire engines used by the LFB. It was made by Merryweather and Sons Limited

LCC-MFB Redcross Street fire station stables
A fireman (coachman) poses with his fire engine horse in the fire station stables at Redcross Street fire station, City of London

LCC-LFB Clerkenwell Emergency Tender
Clerkenwells emergency tender with its fire crew in Proto breathing apparatus. Clerkenwell fire station was built in 1870

MFB at Southwark HQ and scaling ladders
A ladder cart at the Metropolitan Fire Brigade HQ at Southwark SE1. Scaling ladders were separate interlocking ladders which when placed together

Mr Fitzpatrick Kights balloon flight
A hand-painted drawing showing a man standing in the gondola of a balloon waving umbrellas. A handwritten note reads: Mr Fitzpatrick Kights Ascension bought in a native bazaar, Calcutta April 1853

Monsal Dale, Peak District, Derbyshire
A view in Monsal Dale, in the Derbyshire Peak District Date: 1890s

Lord Herbert Kitchener, British Army officer
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916), British Field Marshal, diplomat, and statesman. Studio portrait by Bassano. circa 1900

Dan Leno / Family Postcard
DAN LENO Music hall entertainer with his family Date: 1860 - 1904

Young woman in head and shoulders photograph
A young woman in a head and shoulders photograph, wearing a buttoned dress with a white collar

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