Bristow Fire Engine

3D Model

An old wooden fire engine now located in the vestibule of St Magnus the Martyr Church, Lower Thames Street, London.

From the nearby sign: “FIRE ENGINE, late 17th/early 18th century. The only fire engines available during the Great Fire were manually operated hydraulic pumps, which were difficult to manoevre round the narrow streets. The real development in fire engine design came during the 1670s when Dutchman Jan van Heiden devised a special hose and suction pipe, and his fellow countryman John Lofting, a resident of London, started manufacturing them.”

237 photos taken in October 2021 with a Sony a7R III and processed in Reality Capture. Back is poorly captured because fire engine is against a wall.