These historic fire engines are on display at the Powerhouse Museum, in the inner city suburb of Ultimo, near Darling Harbour. The red one is a horse-drawn, steam pump fire engine made by Merryweather & Sons at Greenwich, England, in 1895 and used at Broken Hill, New South Wales. The green one is a portable, single cylinder four horsepower steam engine made by Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, Orwell Works, at Ipswich, England in 1904 and used at Parkes, New South Wales.
Not the same chance against fire than today !
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Shiny red wheels ....I'm sure this made for speedier travel.
ReplyDeleteThey look so toy like when compared with modern fire engines. I wonder how effective they were in those days.
ReplyDeleteHow fun!! They do indeed look toy-like in comparison to the fire engines today!! Terrific post for the day, Jim!!
ReplyDeleteAmazing huh? Great photos of historical fire engines ~ for OWT ^_^
ReplyDeleteYes, I think they're quite amazing.
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ReplyDeleteI suppose we take modern fire engines for granted but i'm sure the folk of the 19th century marvelled and were grateful for these inventions as well
ReplyDeleteThe antique fire engines are cool, I like the horse drawn wagon! Great shot!
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine having to fight one of today's fires with a piece of equipment that probably only piddles out a weak stream of water?
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It would have been challenging.
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