Where's the fire ? by wjames

Photography • Transportation • posted on Sep 10, 2009

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"Thorney" A 1908 Steam Fire Engine. It is known to have been on The Duke of Bedfords estate at Thorney in Cambridgeshire before the 2nd world war. During the war it came under the control of the national fire service and was based at Thorney fire station.The original cost was about £450. The pump is rated to deliver 250 gallons of water per minute. With a good pair of horses a speed of 12 m.p.h. could be achived for about 1 mile. Steam was raised from cold in 9 minutes.

Comments (13)

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GBCalls

6:19AM | Thu, 10 September 2009

Interesting history, excellent photo.

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dakotabluemoon

7:02AM | Thu, 10 September 2009

Wow i love this old stuff so much history to learn on all of it so if u like this kinda stuff check my page it has a lot of it.Great photo thanks for sharing this.

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Alz2008

8:17AM | Thu, 10 September 2009

Great info and capture..

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mariogiannecchini

9:09AM | Thu, 10 September 2009

Bella la foto e molto interessante la speiegazione

alanwilliams

10:50AM | Thu, 10 September 2009

Great series of steam fair pictures, you really seem to have hit on some winners there, judging by viewing numbers. Im in need of a crew member, ill bear you in mind, all aboard the Saucy Sue. alanwilliams

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Str4wB34ry

12:14PM | Thu, 10 September 2009

I live 6 miles south of Thorney! I've seen thi fire pump before and it works hard moving water at high volume and pressure. Great shot thanks for sharing it with us all.

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