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A FIRE-ENGINE MAKER'S LATEST PRODUCT.
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TERRI:WEATHER AND SONS, ....Y_LLTD., the well-known company of lire ,engineers, of Greenwich Road, London, S..E.10, has just delivered a new type of fire-engine to the Bromley Brigade, in which a number of interesting features are embodied. The engine with which the new machine is fitted has six cylinders, with a bore of 100 ram. and a stroke of 140 ram, and it develops .70-75 h.p. The machine has a pumping capacity of 500 gallons per minute and is equipped with a fire-escape and first-aid apparatus.
A large box for carrying 1,000 ft: of hose and •other gcar is disposed in the centre of the chassis. It is provided with lift-up and slide-in doors, and at each side footboards are arranged with troughs in which th4 suction hose is cOnveniently carried, The driver, officer,
and several firemen are accommodated On this box, whilst along each side of the chassis is another capacious box, for stand-pipes, etc., which also affords standing room for more firemen.
The first-aid. tank is _of. 30 gallons capacity and is arranged at the rear end of the main box, with connections to the main pump and hydraulic hosereel. The latter is mounted above the box and affords a free flow of water through the hose, whether all or any portion remains on the reel.
The pump is carried at the rear and is of the patent Hatfield reciprocating type.
Superimposed on the Machine is a sliding-carriage pattern fire-escap% which is built in three sections, these, when fully extended ; reaching tb a total height of 50 ft. Each of the three
sections is fitted with bow-string girder trussing to ensure strength and, at the same time, forming a convenient hand-rail. The escape is carried on supports and trunnions and is easily unshipped from the machine.
The new machine was recently demonstrated at Keston Ponds, and members of the Bromley Corporation were able tti witne-ss a number of tests, the first being made with a single jet of 1* in. diameter, which resulted in a stream of water being thrown to a height of 150 ft. Other tests were then carried out with two, four, and six jets respectively.
The fire-engine we have briefly de$chbed is more powerful and of greater pumping capacity than previous machines in service at Bromley and stated to be capable of .travellirlg at 40 m.p.h.