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No: 18827 Contributor: Pete Matten Year: 2009 Manufacturer: Shand Mason & Co Country: United Kingdom
1889 Shand Mason Horsedrawn Manual Pump.
The highlight of the 'Bells n Bugles' Military and Emergency Service Vehicle Show at the Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum held on the weekend of Sat 22nd and 23rd August 2009 was this lovely preserved 1889 Horsedrawn Shand Mason Manual Pump of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade(London Fire Brigade Establishment).
Following a brilliant display in the arena with some twenty visitors getting the pump into action with a remarkable jet of water,the Shand Mason proudly stood for us in a good location for the photo shoot.
This was the oldest appliance in attendence and there certainly were some real classics,but nothing compared to this lovely 1889 Shand Mason.
The highlight of the 'Bells n Bugles' Military and Emergency Service Vehicle Show at the Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum held on the weekend of Sat 22nd and 23rd August 2009 was this lovely preserved 1889 Horsedrawn Shand Mason Manual Pump of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade(London Fire Brigade Establishment).
Following a brilliant display in the arena with some twenty visitors getting the pump into action with a remarkable jet of water,the Shand Mason proudly stood for us in a good location for the photo shoot.
This was the oldest appliance in attendence and there certainly were some real classics,but nothing compared to this lovely 1889 Shand Mason.
Pete:
I have read that these little manual pumps could flow around 120 gpm at a high enough pressure to constitute a decent firefighting jet.
Do you have any insight - do you think (or actually know) if that is about right?
It seems many were kept in service for a long time after steam and even petrol engined pumps with much higher capacities were introduced. My LCC Fire Brigade Handbook from 1913 mentions that several were still in service then...
Added by Rob Johnson on 20 August 2018.
I have read that these little manual pumps could flow around 120 gpm at a high enough pressure to constitute a decent firefighting jet.
Do you have any insight - do you think (or actually know) if that is about right?
It seems many were kept in service for a long time after steam and even petrol engined pumps with much higher capacities were introduced. My LCC Fire Brigade Handbook from 1913 mentions that several were still in service then...
Added by Rob Johnson on 20 August 2018.
Shand Mason & Co
Great picture, and thanks for sharing it with us out in the Colonies. It's amazing these oldsters are still able to do job efficiently. I like the helmets, too; they have a higher peak than does mine.
Added by Bob Graham on 24 August 2009.