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Firefighters at Swindon Works
Unknown1901
National Railway Museum
York, United Kingdom
From Oxford Publishing Company or Railprint Collection. Firemen and fire fighting equipment at Swindon railway works, 1901.
Large railway works had their own fire crews as fire was a great hazard in the days of steam powered locomotives and machinery.
Some railway companies even had fire fighting trains that could be sent out to incidents along the lines.
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Details
- Title: Firefighters at Swindon Works
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1901
- Location Created: Swindon, UK
- Type: photographs
- Rights: Open Government Licence v3.0
- External Link: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co233776
- Medium: Black and white photograph
- Art Genre: Documentary
- Art Form: Photograph
- Depicted Location: Swindon Railway Works
- Depicted Person: Firemen
- Depicted Topic: Fire engine, Horses
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