As part of Watford’s ‘Heritage Open Days’ you can visit Watford Fire Station, and the Hertfordshire Fire Museum, in a purpose built building at Watford Fire Station.
Highlights include an 1850s manual hand pump from Barley near Royston, a 1960s 50ft steel Merryweather escape, carried on the 1984 Dennis Water Tender Escape fire appliance based at Watford until 1994 and an 1896 Shand-Mason horse-drawn steam fire pump, ex-London Fire Brigade.
There is also a substantial collection of various items of fire service equipment, uniform and documents (old and new), with a large and varied photographic display of fire appliances, fire/incident scenes and local fire history.
Watford Fire Station, 223-229 Lower High St, Watford WD17 2AG
Saturday 3 September
12pm – 4pm
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