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Rescue drill at the back of Lauriston Fire Station
Unknown, 1900, Photograph
Rescue drill at the back of Lauriston Fire Station
Rescue drill at the back of Lauriston Fire Station
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21213
Title
Rescue drill in operation at the back of Lauriston Fire Station Headquarters
Description
A team of firemen undertake practice rescue drills at the back of Lauriston Fire Station, Edinburgh. A tall ladder has been placed against the side of a building and a man is being winched down to the ground in a sling. Firemen are taking hose from a fire engine and horses are attached to another piece of equipment. The firemen are wearing brass helmets
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1900
Type
Photograph
This image is from the collections of the
Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage
, formerly the Museum of Fire at Lauriston Place.
Exhibitions with this item
Whose Town? Arthur Pordage
Museum of Fire Collections
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