Descriptions

This 'Newsham engine' was purchased by Exeter Cathedral’s Dean and Chapter. Water was poured into a lead-lined trough within the lower part of the carriage. Pairs of men pulled the horizontal bars up and down to project water from a leather hose.

Folk Life and Model card record:
Old manual fire-engine originally supplied for use at the cathedral.
Obtained from: The Dean and Chapter of Exeter.
(LM/11/16)


This object is on display at Exeter's Underground Passages.