Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
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.
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.
