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Works Fire Engine

1824 - 1950 (c.)

Image: Photos taken about 1950. The works fire brigade was formed in 1848 and this example of a hand-operated fire engine dates from the 19th century.

Image from: Chance Brothers Glassworks, Smethwick Slides. Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford, Dudley (Slide and Transcript no 5 by Arthur Reeves).


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