Details of Merryweather's Self-contained firefighting engine
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- Опубликовано: 26 окт 2023
- This superb little power plant on wheels was built by Merryweather in London to fight fires on everything from large British Estates to industrial yards. Merryweather built firefighting pumps and fire engines, and also steam trams and tram locomotives using similar boilers and engines for various city street railway networks.
This boiler is a hybrid fire tube-water tube, and bolts together from two halves for ease of maintenance and overhaul, and can raise steam from cold in 15 minutes without damaging itself. This video details getting it into commission for Alex Ellsworth.
Happy to have found your channel after seeing the Proper People show off your work with the Woburn Waterworks engine! The amount of knowledge you're able to share so quickly is really captivating, I love hearing all the little details. Hope these more frequent videos can continue!
This is exactly the sort of thing I imagine you using to power-wash your driveway, or your car. What a lovely engine.
Seems fitting that you would need to light a fire to fight fire. Beautiful engine.
Hello this is the 19t h century calling we want Alex back please
"Yessiree Bob" and "Country mile" ~ I'm eighty years old and I haven't heard these used so elegantly in fifty years.... ... .. !
"It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas. What do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?" 😅👍 Love it!
A pleasure to watch. I am from Lancashire England and the steam engines powered our cotton towns and employed thousands - we owe a lot to the engineers of old. In my opinion these steam engines are not only functional, but works of art with great beauty. You are doin all reet lad!
I saw one of these going at vintage show and they had a land rover fire engine returning the water and it was flat out to keep up with the merryweather
He definitely has a passion for what he does. I would love to see more of the restoration process and learn more about the different machines
As a modern day Firefighter. I find this very interesting. I have seen these types of engines/ pumps in pictures or static displays. But never one actually working.
Can't agree with you more on the next day delivery, order now for Monday society we live in. I live in what was the workshop of the world little old England and it drives me nuts. Great video as always my friend. The world needs more AEK
That’s a very beautiful engine it’s nice seeing it run
Just recently found your channel. The Woburn water pump is fascinating! Your channel is a really sweet find!
I saw this guy on The Proper People channel. I'm glad I just happened to stumbled on this channel. This is some great content. Thanks for sharing.
Best channel on RUclips.
He was talking about how it’s so hard to get anything anymore I agree unless everybody needs it weekly nobody keeps it in stock and you have to hunt for somebody that has it hundreds of miles away 😢great video this gentleman is a man out of time you could send him back to the early days when steam was king and he would fit right in and would be happy 😃
That was excellent! Back in the 70's Live Steam Magazine had an article about these, thats where I first learned about a Scotch yolk to drive the pump.
I never knew I was interested in steam power until i saw the PP video on the Woburn waterworks. Just realized you had a channel. Great content, Alex. Keep it coming!
So the anthracite is not to your taste? Maybe a A. E. Karnes production: coal and rubbish. A favorite talking point when any devotees of steam are gathered together around a fire hole door.
I came after finding out channel from the proper people’s video.