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Photo of a 1914 Smekal
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No: 33236   Contributor: Alf van Beem   Year: 2012   Manufacturer: Other   Country: Czech Republic
Photo of a 1914 Smekal

1914 Horse-drawn Smekal steam fire engine.
Photo taken at the National Technical Museum in Prague, Czech Republic in 2012.
Picture added on 20 October 2012 at 14:49
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1914 was close to the end of horse drawn steam fire engines being placed in service. By 1913, London - for example - was already operating 24 motor fire pumps accounting for nearly 40% of their front line units. Nine years later, in 1923, all of the steamers were gone...

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