Thu oldest' known fire “engine” m England has found a home at the London Museum. It is a large oval wooden tub. and water was pumped through an iron pipe in the middle. The tub rested originally on n carriage with solid wooden wheels, but these have disappeared. The “ engine ” was made in London in 1678 for a town in Bedfordshire.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20705, 1 May 1929, Page 6
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