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Title: Petersfield Fire Brigade, 1910 [Go to resource]
Description: Petersfield's Voluntary Fire brigade was formed in 1910. In 1904 the original fire engine was replaced by a Shand mason Steam Fire Engine. A fire was lit under the boiler to produce steam to drive the pumps. At first it was pulled by horses, but later it was towed by a lorry. Since the lorry travelled faster than the horses, more draught was produced, causing problems with the boiler. The picture shows the machine at work in East Meon. In 1924 Petersfield received its first motorised fire engine. Farnham, Des and Dine, Derek. 1982. Petersfield seen and Remembered p. 62 Copy of a photograph. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Rights holder: Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council Subjects: building
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fire engineTemporal: start=1910-01-01; end=1910-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: Copied by: Dine, Derek; Hampshire County Library; 1970s-1980s Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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