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Title: Factory Fire Brigade, about 1900-1914 [Go to resource]
Description: In 1862 a biscuit factory fire engine attended a drapery shop fire in the Market Place, showing that the factory had its own fire precautions in place. In 1871 Alfred Palmer formalised arrangements and set up the factory fire brigade. The brigade consisted of over 100 men recruited from every department. The factory had an alarm system, hose reels, hydrants and booster pumps. This photograph shows that the brigade was well equipped with Merryweather uniforms of helmets, berets, tunics with Huntley & Palmers buttons, boots and peaked caps for officers. 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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portraitTemporal: start=1900-01-01; end=1914-12-31; 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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