fire engine

This two ton steam fire engine made by Shand Mason and Company of London in 1880 and was purchased a year later for the Carrow Works Fire Brigade in Norwich following a large fire in the mustard packing factory, it remained in service there until 1945. Although normally horse drawn the engine had a special feature which made it perfect for use at the works, it could be loaded onto a float or pontoon to tackle fires in the buildings along the river Wensum propelled along by its four jets at six knots. The Carrow Works were opened by Jeremiah Colman in 1856 where he lived in his house at the very centre of the site, as well as the on site fire brigade the works also had its own dispensary and the first industrial nurses in the county.