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Fire appliances

List of fire appliances at the museum

  • 1741 - Newsham manual pump (Ringwood FB)
  • 1845 - Barton manual pump (Compstall Mill PFB)
  • 1847 - Tilley manual pump
  • 1870 - Shand Mason manual pump (Horrockses PFB)
  • 1882 - Shand Mason steam fire engine (Horrockses PFB) (currrently on long-term loan  to Fire Police Museum, Sheffield)
  • 1890 - Shand Mason manual pump (Wythenshawe Hall)
  • 1900 - Merryweather hose cart (Cornbury Park PFB)
  • 1900 - Shand Mason curricle escape ladder (Cornbury Park PFB)
  • 1904 - Morris hose cart (Manchester Ship Canal Co. PFB)
  • 1910 - Shand Mason steam fire engine (Skelmersdale FB)
  • 1929 - Dennis pump escape (Manchester FB)
  • 1935 - Merryweather trailer pump
  • 1938 - Dennis trailer pump (Carlisle Elec. Board PFB)
  • 1939 - Dennis trailer pump (Ferranti PFB) (currently on long-term loan to Imperial War Museum North, Trafford Park)
  • 1939 - Dennis trailer pump (Army FS)
  • 1940 - Dennis pump escape (Manchester FB)
  • 1941 - Scammell wheelbarrow pump
  • 1957 - Dennis-Metz 125ft turntable ladder (Rochdale FB)