2001 Index
Steam Fire Engines Road Making Demonstration
Traction Engines
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| Maker: |
Merryweather |
| Type: |
Double Horizontal Steam Fire Engine |
| Year: |
1865 or 1895 |
| Works No: |
1105 |
| Name: |
Tehidy House |
| Further information: |
| Owned originally by the Basset family of Tehidy House, Camborne, Cornwall. Purchased new in either 1865 or 1895 (they had at least two). Donated to the present owners in the 1950’s and rebuilt with a new boiler a couple of years ago.
Owned and operated by The West of England Steam Engine Society |
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