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Edinburgh Fire Brigade on call out with 3 horse engine
Unknown, 1913, Photograph
Edinburgh Fire Brigade on call out with 3 horse engine
Edinburgh Fire Brigade on call out with 3 horse engine
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Item no
21259
Title
Edinburgh Fire Brigade on call out with 3 horse engine
Description
A three horse-drawn fire appliance gallops down Lauriston Place, Edinburgh. The machine is a Tullis Russell Steam Pump and steam is belching from it. Three firemen stand on top, the middle of which is holding a long whip. They are driving passed David Clark, wine and spirit merchants and a picture frame maker. Outside the bar several men with white aprons are standing as well a group of small children. and a man with a bicycle.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1913
Size
24.1 x 16.8 cm
Type
Photograph
This image is from the collections of the
Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage
, formerly the Museum of Fire at Lauriston Place.
David Clark, Wine and Spirit Merchant, first appears in the Post Office Directories in 1911 at 80 Lauriston Place.
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Whose Town? Arthur Pordage
Museum of Fire Collections
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