Fire Engines Photos

After posting this Photo I checked with Shand Mason owner and enthusiast Derek Wheeler and he tells me it is a Shand Mason Double Vertical Expansion. The motor vehicle most likely consists of a Daimler Chassis with unknown coachwork

Added by Paul Sturman on 26 November 2014.

This was presumably a bit quicker way of getting the steamer to the fire than relying on a team of horses, and the Daimler was not going to get as tired as quickly, if at all. It also needed somewhat less feeding and grooming...

It was probably cheaper than buying a new motor pump and trying to sell off the steamer, too, which most urban fire brigades in England found themselves doing by this time.

But I think the most interesting moment probably came when the crew tried to stop this combination. I don't know if Hemel Hempstead has any hills, but I should hope not!

Added by Rob Johnson on 09 May 2018.

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