LCC-LFB Hatfield motorised pump escape
Fire engines were fitted with bells in 1903 to warn other traffic to make way. Prior to that the shanty call of seamen aHi-ya-hi (shouted when rope hauling) was used by firemen as they clung to the engines as they raced through London's streets. The appliance is a Hatfield motorised pump escape with an integral pump
Picture No
10536187
Media ID
46841594
Size
2336px x 2400px
(2.8MB)
Credit
©London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
London Fire Brigade Archive
Date
1910





























