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Creator Name:
Haberer
Media Type:
Image
Item Type:
Photographs
Description:
A black and white photograph of John Sawdon driving the Merryweather on Brock Street. This photograph looks west along Dunlop Street. There is a sign on the steam fire engine that reads: 50 years old.
Notes:
The Merryweather Steam Fire Engine, manufactured in England, served the Town of Whitby from November 1872 to 1926 when it was replaced by two motorized fire trucks. The engine saved downtown Oshawa from destruction by fire on the night of December 8, 1872. In 1934 the Town of Whitby gave the fire engine to the York Pioneer and Historical Society in Toronto and it was returned to the Town of Whitby in 2005.
Date of Original:
March 1934
Subject(s):
Fire engines & equipment
Steam engines
Local identifier:
08-005-003
Language Of Item:
English
Geographic Coverage:
Canada - Quebec - Montréal
King Street East, Oshawa
Copyright Statement:
Copyright status unknown.
Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Reproduction Notes:
Scanned from a copy negative.
Contact:
Whitby Public Library
Email: archives@whitbylibrary.on.ca
WWW address:
Address:
405 Dundas Street West, Whitby, Ontario L1N 6A1
See more photos like this at: www.ourontario.ca/whitby
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Polaroid Macro5SLR / 1200
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotive
The Gainesville Midland is on the square in downtown Gainesville, GA. It is a tribute to the vast railways that used to criss-cross Northern Georgia. Many cities in Hall and Lumpkin counties have old steam train engines or cabooses featured prominantly in their town.
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www.dampfeisenbahn-weserbergland.de/dampfloks.php?site=11 Translate page with Google
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