As part of Watford’s ‘Heritage Open Days’ you can visit Watford fire station, and the Hertfordshire Fire Museum, on Lower High Street.
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
– 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 2022
12:00 – 16:00
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