Old fire engine

Because of big fire at Finlayson factory in 1870, this heavy duty fire engine was bought from England in 1874. It served not only the Finlayson factory but also the city of Tampere for many decades. It's last service was during 1939 "Winter War", to put down fires caused by aerial bombing. In 1962 it became a museum relic and finally moved outside to the current place next to Frenckell's old factory buildings.

The fire engines like this were first powered by steam engines in 19th century. Then in 20th century they became powered by diesel or electric engines. This pump was able to move 1500 liters of water per minute with six atmospheric air pressure.





Sources
Fire engine - History: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_engine#History
James Finlayson (industrialist): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Finlayson_(industrialist)