Trailer Collection

Sub-station with taxis and crews, WW2
A typical London Fire Brigade sub-station watch and their equipment. Taxis were used as makeshift fire engines which towed trailer pumps

LFB wartime emergency appliance and trailer pump, WW2
A Fordson Unit and trailer pump at the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Lambeth. These were just some of the 2000 adapted vehicles utilised as AFS fire appliances

Blitz in London -- Auxiliary towing vehicle and trailer, WW2
An example of an Auxiliary towing vehicle and its trailer pump, used during the London Blitz

LCC-LFB emergency dam unit and trailer pump, WW2
Emergency water supplies were vital to supplementing the available mains supply for fighting the vast swathe of fires that swept parts of London during the Blitz

Government supplied NFS pump escape and trailer pump
A grey pump escape and trailer pump prior to having its NFS station identification number painted on the side. Seen here at the London Fire Brigade headquarters in Lambeth

Delivering Flour to the Queen Mary
Josph Rank Ltd. Millers - delivering Flour to the RMS Queen Mary, then Britains largest ship. She sailed primarily in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line. Date: 1936

Lorry in a Jam
A huge tank on the trailer of a truck. Date: 1970s

Worton, Wiltshire - WWII - Civilian Fire Fighters and their trailer fire engine! Date: circa 1941

Shadow Caravan (closed) - harnessed to a Clyno Car
Ready for the Road: A Shadow Trailer Caravan (closed and ready to move off), harnessed to a Clyno Car. 1927

Republic F-84G Thunderjet 51-1225 ZELL
United States Air Force - Republic F-84G-15-RE Thunderjet 51-1225 (MSN 3235-1847), mounted on a ZELL trailer for a recruiting display. (ZELL - ZEro Length Launcher). Date: circa 1960

View of Tokyo, Japan, 1870 s
Vintage 19th century photograph - Japan - from the studio of Baron Raimund von Stillfried. View of Tokyo

Highway Four Wheel Trailers and Reversible Trailer Chassis
Features exclusive with Highway Four Wheel Trailers and Reversible Trailer Chassis. Date: early 1920s

Model P-4 Highway Four Wheel Reversible Trailer. Date: early 1920s

Traction engine and trailer

Traction engine and trailer, Victorian period

Traction engine hauling a trailer early 1900s

Lockheed JetStar N329J (1st prototype)
Lockheed JetStar N329J (msn 1001). The 1st prototype JetStar, powered by two Bristol Siddeley Orpheus turbojet engines, at a JetStar demonstration event, in company with a cabin mock-up on a trailer

Martin B-61A Matador
United States Air Force - Martin B-61A Matador. A de-activated missile mounted on a transit trailer for exhibition purposes. Date: circa 1960

Hay Stack
Watercolour painting of a large hay stack, ready to be moved by the nearby trailer. Date: circa 1932

Silhouette - Ice Cream Seller, Street Vendor. Date: 20th century

Silhouette - Food Stall, Seller, Street Vendor. Date: 20th century

Mr Goldsworthy Gurney's tractor, drawing a carriage as a kind of trailer, has the advantage that if it breaks down, horses can be harnessed to the back bit. Date: 1829

Achilleion Palace, Corfu, Greece
19th century vintage photograph - Achilleion Palace built in Gastouri on the Island of Corfu for the Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Gas Bus the first one [in photo] was in public service between Kingston and Epsom Downs yesterday [2 Nov 1939]

Silhouette - Scissor Sharpener, Street Vendor
Silhouette - Scissor Sharpener, Knife Grinder, Street Vendor. 20th century

Type C Pole Dinkeys, top and bottom view, designed by American Telephone & Telegraph Companys engineers. Used extensively for hauling long heavy poles, equipped with solid rubber tyres

Four Wheel Trailers double your truck capacity and cut your cost of hauling 50%

Model B-2 Trailer can be pulled by any automobile or truck. Showing the automatic hitch, the first pole being used as an extension tongue, and instructions for operating pole trailers

Model B-2 Pole Trailer Construction Features -- rack body, eccentric pole binder, drop forged upset axle, chain tightener. Date: early 1920s

Model B-2 Pole Trailer, adaptable for Fords and Chevrolets, can be used for hauling one or more poles. Date: early 1920s

Model M or H Pole Trailers and accessories -- when the entire load is to be carried on the trailer. Designed by American Telephone & Telegraph Companys engineers. Date: early 1920s

Model S-2 Pole Trailer and accessories -- when one half of the load is to be carried on the motor truck. Date: early 1920s

Three Type D Cable Reel Trailers, designed by American Telephone and Telegraph Companys engineers

Highway Pole Trailers move long loads, quickest and cheapest. For poles, girders, timber, and cargo of long dimensions. Capacity one ton to five tons. Date: early 1920s

Combination Pole and Cable Reel Trailer, two trailers for the price of one, equipped for hauling cable reels, equipped for hauling poles. With specifications below. Date: early 1920s

Five Type D Cable Reel Trailers in actual service. Date: early 1920s

Marshall General Purpose Engine Henry E 9624
At a traction engine rally outside the Museum of Science and Technology on Newhall Street, Birmingham:- Loaded on the flat bed trailer for the trip home is Marshall General Purpose Engine, regn

Leyland Model H Steam Wagon, being loaded onto a flat-bed trailer at harrogate. This wagon is now in the British Commercial Vehicle Museum. Date: 9 August 1970

Scale working model General Purpose Engine towing a trailer, on parade in town. Date: 1970s-1980s

Throwing peat into trailer during peat cutting, County Clare
Throwing peat into a trailer during peat cutting, County Clare, Ireland Date: 1992

Flookborough shrimp trailers, Morecambe Bay
Flookborough, Morecambe Bay, Cumbria. Shrimp fishermens trailers with ropes and shrimp nets. The trailers are towed by tractors at low tide Date: 1993

Morecambe Bay shrimp fishing
Flookborough shrimp fisherman, Bob Dickinson, using tractor and trailer in Morecambe Bay at low water Date: circa 2000

Camping - tent and trailer tent. circa 1937

LCC-LFB Auxiliary Fire Service vehicles, WW2
AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) vehicles. The onset of WW2 brought about a vast expansion of the London Fire Brigade to deal with the anticipated enemy bombing of London

NFS (London) towing unit and trailer pump, WW2
A unit from Lewisham Sub-station (37 F 2 Y) at Lewisham Bridge School, Elmira Street. SE London attending a training exercise in the locality

LFB fire towing unit and trailer pump in bomb crater, WW2
Quite a few London Fire Brigade vehicles came to grief during the Blitz raids

Blitz in London -- Bessborough Place, Pimlico, WW2
Blitz in London -- fire brigade heavy unit and a trailer pump in the foreground of a major fire in Bessborough Place, Pimlico, SW London following a bombing raid

Blitz in London -- aftermath of bombing, Cheapside, WW2
Blitz in London -- the aftermath of a bombing raid on the City of London, with St Pauls Cathedral in the background

AFS car and trailer pump at LCC-LFB HQ, Lambeth
Beresford Stork light-trailer pump with saloon car

LFB adapted London taxi pulling a trailer pump, WW2
An adapted London taxi cab at LFB HQ, Lambeth, utilised as an AFS fire appliance with trailer pump, widely used in London during the blitz

Hot Dog Wagon - Greenfield Village - Dearborn, Michigan, USA. Date: circa 1920s

Family camping with trailer tent and caravan. circa 1937

Car with Trailer Tent
Camping with car, boat and trailer tent, and four boys posing for the camera. circa 1938

Boys camping with tent and car
Family camping scene with boys, car, tent and early trailer tent. circa 1938

Boys with Trailer
Two boys servicing a trailer, probably used for a scouting or camping trip. circa 1937

Eccles caravan advertisement
Advertisement for Eccles of Birmingham, manufacturer of trailer caravans, where you will and enjoy to the full the pleasure of open-air life at a minimum expense. Date: 1927

Horse Drawn Furnishers Trailer, 33, Dyer Street, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. Ovens & Son - House Furnishers. Date: 1900s

Farming in Devon, from College on trailer

Bruce Bairnsfather releases - WW1 film cartoon
The Military Cross a pulsating military drama in two reels. Humorous pictorial trailer for a possible war film imagined by Bystander cartoonist, Captain Bruce Bairnsfather. Date: 1917

Towing vehicle and light trailer pump, WW2
Two AFS men with a towing vehicle and light trailer pump. Date: 1940s

Kensington Vestry firefighters with trailer pump. Date: 1860s

Fire appliance trailer attached to a London bus

Blitz in the City of London - Queen Street, WW2
Scene in Queen Street, with trailer pumps at work, following a bombing raid and incendiary attack, 11 May 1941. Date: 1941

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

Napier aeroplane, 1916
A Napier aeroplane en route to the army authorities, towed by a car with a large trailer. Date: 1916

Anthony Wilding driving armoured car at Dunkirk, 1915
Photograph of New Zealand tennis player, Anthony Frederick Wilding, Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 in an armoured car with trailer attached at Dunkirk, bound for the front

Tracked machine guns and in fights by G. H. Davis
Mechanical supports for the infantry of the British Army as depicted by ILN special diagrammatic artist, G. H

Gas-powered transport by G. H. Davis
A substitute for petrol: internal combustion engines run on gas for road transport. Showing a bus with the plant on a trailer, and other types of converted vehicles

Paris Worlds Fair of 1900 - Circus entertainers
Circus entertainers and performers and their Caravan

Car pulling a trailer of farmyard animals

Loading Threshed Barley
Loading sacks of threshed barley from a combine harvester onto a trailer for conveying to the farm, a harvest-time scene in Suffolk, England. Date: 1950s

NFS towing unit and trailer pump, WW2
The National Fire Service was formed in 1941 and Greater London was designated a fire region with Lambeth as the Regional HQ

Blitz in London -- religious service with AFS, WW2
A priest conducts a prayer service at a London Fire Brigade sub-station attended by the men and women of the AFS serving there and for their colleagues working further afield

NFS heavy unit crew removing mobile pump by ramp
A heavy unit from a Brixton fire station sub-station, seen here at Regional headquarters, Lambeth

NFS (London) fire station pumping exercise, WW2
An NFS firefighter using a trailer pump to lift water from the static dam at an NFS fire station and relaying the water

NFS-London Region open water exercise, WW2
Four heavy units and trailer pumps at work by an emergency dam undertaking a pumping exercise

NFS (London Region) A Bermondsey towing vehicle, WW2
A towing vehicle and trailer pump from 38 A 2V, a Bermondsey sub-station located at Paragon School, Searles Road, London SE1. The picture was taken at the Regional Headquarters, Lambeth

NFS (London Region) water relay exercise, WW2
The Blitz had shown the vital importance of securing a good water supply and the dire consequences when it failed

NFS (London Region No 5) Towing Unit, WW2
An NFS towing and trailer unit in uniform grey livery, displayed in the Regional Fire Service Headquarters station drill yard

Edward VII at Hyde Park for London Fire Brigade Review
King Edward VII arrives in his carriage to review the London Fire Brigade in Hyde Park, London

NFS (London Region) Trailer pumps on bridge buttress, WW2
Firefighters from the NFS River Service (Station R1, Lambeth) placing a trailer pump on an elevated buttress on Vauxhall Bridge to supplement emergency water supplies to fire crews on land

Blitz in London -- Queen Victoria Street and Thames Street
Blitz in London -- the apparent confusion of fire hose as London firefighters try to get to grips with the widespread fires started by enemy bombing attacks

Blitz in London -- firefighting from the River Thames
Blitz in London -- the London Fire Brigade had three fireboats in peacetime, based at Lambeth, Blackfriars, and Cherry Garden Pier, Rotherhithe

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