ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>hadley and simpkin manual fire pump</title> <meta name="description" content="Strathclyde Fire & Rescue Preservation Group appliance, Paisley Hand Cart"> <meta name="keywords" content="strathclyde,fire,preservation,group,rescue,ayeready,heritage,vintage,wheeled,glasgow,scoosher,goddess,firefighting,pumpescape,appliances,cheapside,street,disaster,airport,dennisf6,light6"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link href="../styles/styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> </head> <body> <div id="layout"> <!-- Top Banner Start --> <div id="header"> <div class="FloatL"> <a href="../index.htm" title="Home"><img src="../images/site/sfrlogo.gif" width="370" height="128" alt="Strathclyde Fire &amp Rescue Logo" border="0"></a> </div> <div class="FloatR"> <img src="../images/site/PresGroupLogo.jpg" width="293" height="128" alt="Strathclyde Fire &amp Rescue Preservation Group Logo"> </div> <div class="both"></div> </div> <!-- Top Banner End --> <!-- Navigation Start --> <div id="navbar"> <ul id="main-nav"> <li><a href="../index.htm" title="Home Page">Home Page</a></li> <li><a href="../aboutus.htm" title="About Us">About Us</a></li> <li><a href="../appliances.htm" title="Group Appliances"> Appliances</a></li> <!-- <li><a href="../chairmans_report.htm" title="Group Chairmans Annual Report">Chairmans Annual Report</a></li>--> <li><a href="../cheapside_street_50_years.htm" title="Commemorating The Cheapside Street Disaster - 28th March 1960">Cheapside Street 50 Years On</a></li> <li><a href="../contact.htm" title="Contact Us">Contact</a></li> <li><a href="../events4.htm" title="Events We Are Attending">Events</a></li> <li><a href="../featured.htm" title="Featuring Specially Selected Events and Appliances">Featured Events and Appliances</a></li> <li><a href="../guestbook1/sfrpg_guestbook.html" title="Why Not Sign Our Guest Book">Guest Book</a></li> <li><a href="../imagegalleries.htm" title="View Image Galleries">Image Galleries</a></li> <li><a href="../links.htm" title="Some Relevant Links You May Find Interesting">Related Links </a></li> <li><a href="../manuals.htm" title="Hand Operated Fire Appliances">Manuals</a></li> <li><a href="../media-section.htm" title="Our Work With The Media">Media Section</a></li> <li><a href="../projects.htm" title="Active Restoration and Preservation Projects">Projects</a></li> <li><a href="../st_mungo.htm" title="The St. Mungo Fire Boat">The St. Mungo Fireboat</a></li> <li><a href="../steamers.htm" title="Steam Powered Appliances">Steamers</a></li> <li><a href="../trailer_units.htm" title="Miscellaneous Trailer Units">Trailer Units</a></li> </ul> </div> <!-- Navigation End --> <!-- Page Content Start --> <div id="content"> <!-- Actual Content Start --> <!-- Appliance top navigation start --> <div id="ApplianceNavContainer"> <ul id="ApplianceNavList"> <li><a href="wheelbarrow.htm" title="Paisley Hand Cart"><< Previous</a></li> <li><a href="shandm_manual.htm" title="Shand Mason Manual Pump"> Next >></a></li> </ul> </div> <!-- Appliance top navigation end --> <h2 class="centered">Circa 1800<br>8 Man Manual Fire Pump</h2> <table align="center"> <tr> <td><img src="../images/manuals/hadley_sim_2.jpg" width="250" height="236" alt="Hadley and Simpkin Manual Fire Pump"></td> <td><img src="../images/manuals/hadley_sim_3.jpg" width="250" height="236" alt="Hadley and Simpkin Manual Fire Pump"></td> </tr> </table> <p> In 1720, a London pearl button maker named Richard Newsham invented what was then the first manually operated fire engine. The following year he was granted a patent for his  new water engine for the quenching and extinguishing of fires which was capable of pumping 110 gallons (500 litres) per minute in a continuous stream of water with great force. </p> <p> After being manhandled to the scene of a fire, volunteers were needed to operate the levers and keep the engine supplied with water. As an incentive, a barrel of beer was placed on top of the fire engine to "encourage a greater efficiency" within the fire fighting team. </p> <p> This particular exhibit was (we think) built by Hadley and Simpkin of Long Acre in approximately 1800. Little is actually known as to the provenance of this fire appliance although we have enlisted the assistance of several experts to help us with our investigations. </p> <p> The appliance is now on long term loan to Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Preservation Group from the Fire Service College, Moreton-in-Marsh. </p> <!-- Actual Content End --> </div> <!-- Page Content End --> <!-- Footer Start --> <div id="footer"> &copy; Strathclyde Fire &amp; Rescue Preservation Group </div> <!-- Footer End --> </div> </body> </html>