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 1815 Hand Pump Scale = 1:32 -- Middleton Cheney Volunteer Fire Brigade, Northampton, UK -- This engine was used throughout most of the 19 century by the Northamptonshire village of Middleton Cheney. It is now in preservation in the Abington Museum, Northampton -- Phoenix Models SOLD |
 1880 Horsedrawn Hose Cart Scale = 1:32 -- USA -- Horse drawn hose reels were commonly used throughout the USA. The big steam pumpers did not carry hose and so would be followed to a fire by a hose truck (either manual or horse drawn) -- D.G.models SOLD |
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 1883 Hand Pumper Scale = 1:10 -- 2 cylinder hand operated pump. -- The design of this pump goes back to Jan van der Heijden (1673). This particular pump was part of the inventory of the Royal Palace of Soestdijk and is marked as the property of King William III 1883. -- Authentic Models of Holland SH15 NOT FOR SALE |
 1886 Silsby Manning Steam Pump Scale = 1: -- Detroit Fire Dept, Mi, USA -- Built in 1886 by Silsby for the Detroit Fire Dept. In 1894 the American Fire Engine Co. replaced the Silsby Super Heaters in the boiler with a LaFrance nest tube system. In the same year Thomas A. Manning Jr & Co. replaced the Silsby rotary steam engine and pump with a vertical piston steam engine. In 1930 it was sold to the Henry Ford Museum and in 1995 it was sold again to a private collector and fully restored. Traded |
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 1895 Horsedrawn Chemical Wagon Scale = 1:30 -- Detroit Fire Dept, Mi, USA -- The ‘Corpo de Bombeiros do Rio De Janeiro’ was founded on the 2nd of July 1856. They seem to have been extremely well equipped for a newly formed fire brigade with 15 manual pumps, 73 leather hoses, 190 leather buckets, 13 assorted ladders and 2 salvage bags. -- Revell Brasileira H-701 SOLD |
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