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AFJ281 Albion M'weather P City of Exeter
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No: 44316   Contributor: Petros   Year: 1979   Manufacturers: Albion, Merryweather   Country: United Kingdom
AFJ281 Albion M'weather P City of Exeter

1934 appliance for Exeter and later went to Exminster hospital.

Photo from 1979 but it is still around. West of England Transport Collection Winkleigh. Recently restored.

Courtesy Geoff Pritchard collection acquired via the Fire Brigade Society. Copyright Ben Jenkins.
Picture added on 09 August 2023 at 20:41
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The absence of the usual vertical air chamber for the Hatfield reciprocating pump suggests this was designed as a pump escape, although the absence of any ladder gantry suggests it was never intended to carry any ladders at all. Or, was this an unusual example with a centrifugal pump?

Added by Rob Johnson on 09 August 2023.
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