Wheels Collection (page 15)

Firefighters in action, Miles Street, Vauxhall, SW8
Firefighters in action at the premises of Brunton & Co, lead manufacturers, in Miles Street, Vauxhall, SW8, on 6 March 1957. The first floor and roof were on fire when the first crews arrived

Goodyear Fire & Rubber Co, Akron, Ohio, USA
A horse-drawn vehicle of the Goodyear Fire & Rubber Co, Akron, Ohio, USA, with its crew of firefighters. Date: 1902

Steam-operated fire pump, Paris
Steam-operated fire pump, as used by the Paris fire brigade. It was built by A Thirion and photographed by Berthaud. Date: 1872

LFB dual purpose fire engine, St Pauls Cathedral, London
A London Fire Brigade dual purpose fire engine near St Pauls Cathedral, City of London

LFB dual purpose appliance (back view) with crew
London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance (back view), with crew

LFB dual purpose appliance (back view)
London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance (back view)

Close-up of wheels on LFB fire engine
Close-up of wheels on a London Fire Brigade fire engine

LFB fire engine with raised ladder (side view)

LFB towing unit (rear view)
London Fire Brigade towing unit (rear view)

Bailey escape ladder fitted with Miles mounting

Ladder, carriage frame and runners (battery operated). Showing the Miles mounting quadrant

Shand Mason fire appliance in a steam museum
Shand Mason fire appliance (marked First Grand Prize) on display in a steam museum, August 1938

Horse-drawn fire engine with crew, Willesden, London
A horse-drawn fire engine with crew, High Road, Willesden Green, NW London, with Willesden Chapel in the background

Steam pump fire appliance in a steam museum
Steam pump fire appliance on display in a steam museum, August 1938

Engraving of worm-driven fire squirt
Engraving of people operating a large worm-driven fire squirt mounted on two wheels, to put out a fire in a burning building, reproduced from Besoni, Theatrum Instrumentorum et Machinarum, 1568

Old firefighting equipment in a museum
Old firefighting equipment on display in a museum -- the first form of pump and suction pipe and sailcloth hose, used by John van der Heyde, on loan from the Amsterdam Fire Brigade

Old manual fire engine in a museum
An old manual fire engine in a museum, on loan from the Merryweather Museum, Greenwich

Old fire engine and other equipment in a museum: an ancient fly wheel manual fire engine from Windsor Castle, built by Merryweathers predecessors, Hadley & Simpkin, in 1735; fire apparatus of 1666

Old Dutch fire engine in a museum
An old Dutch fire engine in a museum, made in the workshop of John van der Heyde, on loan from the Amsterdam Fire Brigade

Old fire engine in a museum
An old fire engine in a museum, on loan from the Weston Super Mare Fire Brigade

Fire engine that attended a fire in Bournemouth in 1867, seen here on display in a museum

Firefighters standing by during Blitz, London, WW2
Firefighters standing by during the Blitz, London -- in the early hours of the morning, after a night of bombing. Date: 1940s

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

Engraving of a Rowntree fire engine, showing various sections. Date: 1812

Model of an old manual fire engine
Model of an old manual Shand Mason fire engine, presented by F Burkitt in February 1937

Large Dennis trailer water pump

Arcadian (Stoke on Trent) china model of a British tank
An Arcadian (Stoke on Trent) china model of a British tank without wheels, with the Coat of Arms of Southampton. Commemorative Ware

WWI biplane - The fuselage made from a bullet
First World War bi-plane. The fuselage made from a bullet with bullet-bases as wheels. Trench Art

Tent and trek carts, No. 1 Scout Troop, Bombay, India
Tent and trek carts belonging to No.1 Scout Troop, Bombay, India. The trek carts were used during ambulance drill

Scouts of No. 1 Troop, Bombay, India
Scouts of No.1 Troop, Bombay, India, with a covered trek cart

Tramp with Gramophone
A tramp, begging cap in hand, stands with a gramophone mounted on a tricycle - the wheels have lost their tyres. A lorry stands behind. Date: Date unknown

Princess Arthur of Connaught & Earl of Macduff, 1915
Alexandra, Duchess of Fife (1891-1959) with her only son, Alastair Arthur, Earl of Macduff, 2nd Duke of Connaught (1914-1943)

The Southern Railway engine, Lord Nelson, 850, which gave its name to this class of engines, named after famous admirals. The Lord Nelson is the only preserved engine of this class. Date: c.1926

Waterfront scene, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Pig transported by wheelbarrow, China
A pig transported by a wheelbarrow, China. Date: circa 1890

Out of Doors -- mother and children in a wood
Out of Doors -- a mother and three children gathering flowers in a wood. Date: 19th century

British heavy howitzer in snow, Western Front, WW1
A British heavy howitzer in the snow on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Warfare on wheels by G. H. Davis
Warfare on wheels: mechanised and mobile units of the modern British Army during the Second World War. Showing many types of vehicle used by the various military units. Date: 1942

Street organist in silhouette
A street organ grinder, his back bent, trundles his old instrument on wheels - a once familiar sight in London. Date: 1926

Tabitha dressed as Red Riding Hood
Tabitha the cat dressed as Red Riding Hood, with a toy wolf on wheels, ready for Humpty and Dumptys fancy dress ball. Date: 1914

Beach at Galle, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Children playing 1895
Three children pretend that they are on a horse and cart, using dining room chairs and a little horse on wheels as transport. Date: 1895

Pug Peter -- dog on wooden horse drawn by mice
Pug Peter -- Triumphal March of the Mice. A dog sitting on a wooden horse drawn by mice. Date: 1905

Advert for Gamages childrens toys 1929
Gamages. The childrens mecca. Beautiful toys and novelties - everything the heart of a child desires is to be found at Gamages, one of the Worlds greatest stores. Date: 1929

Where Primroses Do Peep by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl holding a posy, pulling along her toy horse on wheels. Date: 1938

Young woman and boy on two-seater cycle, Bruges, Belgium
A young woman and a boy riding a four-wheeled two-seater cycle (also known as a velo double) in Bruges, Belgium. Date: 1936

Bathing huts on the beach at Newquay, Cornwall
Bathing huts with wheels on the beach at Newquay, Cornwall, with a few holidaymakers. Date: 1925

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