Here's an interesting Gaumont newsreel. This is what fire engines looked like in England in the old days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UurQ8JGgrMg
Fire Engine of 1788 (1913)
Fire Engine of 1788 (1913)
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Re: Fire Engine of 1788 (1913)
Amazing. Thought puny, it was creative idea, and I guess the best they could do with the technology of the time. It beat the bucket brigade, I guess.
Re: Fire Engine of 1788 (1913)
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You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)