Turntable Collection (page 3)

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

Firefighter training, LFB HQ, Lambeth
Firefighter training at the London Fire Brigade HQ in Lambeth, with a man operating a hose at the top of the turntable ladder. Aerial view, probably taken from the top of the drill tower

Fire engine and drill tower, LFB HQ, Lambeth
Fire engine and drill tower at the London Fire Brigade HQ in Lambeth, with a training exercise in progress

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

A revolving house by G. H. Davis
A revolving house the owner can turn while in his bath. Rotated like a turntable to catch the sun at any point: the Villa Tournesol

Manufacturing equipment - Lead Shrapnel - WW1 Date: circa 1915

Turntable ladder drill at Southwark HQ. Date: 1915

Blitz in London -- turntable ladder in operation, WW2
Blitz in London -- turntable ladder in operation, with firefighter and hose

LCC-LFB solid tyre Turntable Ladder
LCC-London Fire Brigade solid tyre Turntable Ladder

LCC-LFB Mercedes battery-electric turntable ladder
One of four similar turntable ladders (TL) which the London Fire Brigade had in service at this time

LCC-LFB station officer standing by Lambeths TL
With his LFB cap badge and undress uniform, this Station Officer is probably the officer in charge of Lambeth Fire Station, standing next to a turntable ladder

Firefighters using turntable ladder
Firefighters using a turntable ladder to fight a fire in London

London Fire Brigade turntable ladder vehicle
A London Fire Brigade turntable ladder vehicle

A turntable ladder vehicle of the London Fire Brigade

Turntable ladder escape in operation, Bermondsey
A turntable ladder escape in operation at scene of fire in Bermondsey, SE London

Turntable ladder and crew, Old Park Lane, W1
A turntable ladder and crew respond to a fire at 7 Old Park Lane, London W1

Turntable ladder deployed at a fire, London SW1
An escape turntable ladder is deployed at a fire in London SW1

Turntable ladder in operation at a commercial property fire, Paddington, West London

Electric pump escape van, Southwark HQ
An electric-driven escape van with 85 foot turntable ladder pulling away from the extended Southwark Fire Brigade headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road.SE1

LCC-LFB Fire at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
A serious fire occurred in this building belonging to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, SE London, during refurbishment of the roof

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

LFDCA-LFB Dodge / Carmichael turntable ladder
Dodge/Carmichael Turntable Ladder at Southwark training centre

LCC-MFB Escape cart standing ready in station
An MFB fire station, showing the escape cart, carrying a 50 foot wheeled escape, ready to be connected to the horses who are standing in the stalls on either side of the fire engine

LFB Southwark fire station and Brigade HQ, SE1
View of the headquarters building of the London Fire Brigade with an extended turntable ladder on the right. The site was developed in 1911 when the present Southwark fire station was opened

LCC-LFB Major fire, Grand Hotel, Trafalgar Square
Westminster and Soho firefighters were joined by almost 100 other firefighters as fire engulfed the seventh floor and roof of the Grand Hotel on the corner of Northumberland Avenue

LCC-LFB Turntable ladder and crew at Southwark
A steel Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder at the Brigade Headquarters, Southwark SE1

GLC-LFB - Turntable Ladder at Plaistow
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

GLC-LFB - Turntable Ladder at Croydon
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB Major church fire, Lower Sloane Street, SW1
Turntable ladders from Lambeth fire station (D61) assisting in the damping down following a fire that gutted a church building in Lower Sloane Street and destroyed it contents

LCC-LFB Merryweather Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder
The Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder being demonstrated at the Brigade headquarters, Lambeth. Showing the full working height of the TL, reaching the 9th floor of the drill tower

LCC-LFB Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder and crew
Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder in the drill yard of Southwark headquarters No.1 station located in Southwark Bridge Road SE1

LCC-LFB Magirus 85 foot turntable ladder and crew
Magirus 85 foot turntable ladder in the drill yard of Southwark headquarters, No.1 station, located in Southwark Bridge Road SE1

LCC-LFB 100ft mechanical turntable ladder (TL)
An example of the all steel turntable ladder which was first introduced into the London Fire Brigade in the 1930s. It required a pump to be in attendance to supply water to its monitor

NFS-London Region 100ft turntable rescue sling, WW2
A turntable ladder rescue sling being demonstrated at the Regional fire headquarters, Lambeth SE1

Head of a turntable ladder (TL) showing the TL monitor and the control handle operated by the firefighter at the top of the ladder

NFS (London Region) blaze at Bricklayers Arms, WW2
Firefighters attacking a blaze at the Bricklayers Arms Goods Depot in the Old Kent Road, SE London, with two turntable ladders at work

AFS crew with turntable ladder, WW2
Taken at the London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth, SE1, a squad of AFS firefighters pose for their photo with a turntable ladder appliance

Two AFS firefighters with turntable ladder, WW2
Taken at the London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth, SE1, two AFS firefighters pose for their photo with a turntable ladder appliance

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

Turntable ladder display, London Fire Brigade HQ Lambeth
London regular firefighters operating extended turntable ladders in Lambeth Headquarters drill yard for a demonstration of firefighting skills

Blitz in London -- Taylors Depository, Southwark
Blitz in London -- fire crew tackling a blaze following an air raid, at Taylors Great Central Depository in St Georges Road, Southwark, on 31 January 1941, using turntable ladders

Blitz in London -- St Katherines Dock, Port of London, WW2
Blitz in London -- two turntable ladders at work and firefighters directing their jets of water at the warehouse fire in St Katherines Dock, Port of London

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