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Title: Fire float, 1909 [Go to resource]
Description: The beauty of the factory's situation on the River Kennet was its ready-made water supply. Over 600 yards of buildings fronted the river and in 1904 the Merryweather fireboat was acquired. It was the first of its kind in the world and was hydraulically powered. Due to the low bridges around the factory, it measured only 4ft 6inches above the water line. The boat was propelled by water jets from the pumps and could throw jets of water over 80 feet. The engines and pumps on the float were run for a short period every day to ensure that they were in working order. 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: Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) Subjects: social history
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activityTemporal: start=1909-01-01; end=1909-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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