1942 Leyland Merryweather 100ft Turntable Escape

            National Fire Service / City of Lincoln Fire Brigade

This is one of a batch of 30 fire engines (GLW 410 to 439) ordered by the National Fire Service in London and distributed around the country to meet wartime needs.

It is built on a Leyland TD7 double-deck bus chassis (very similar to Lincoln Corporation 64 - BFE 419) - this batch of chassis having been 'frozen' by the Ministry of Supply early in the war, and released in 1942.

These vehicles were fitted with a 5 litre (33hp) petrol engine, 4-speed crash gearbox and vacuum operated and assisted brakes. It weighs 9.5 tons, has a top speed of 55 mph and a petrol consumption of 6 mpg. The body was built by Merryweather & Sons Ltd, of Greenwich, London - a company established in 1690 and a specialist in fire-fighting pumps and equipment.

GLW 419 was delivered to the National Fire Service in Lincoln, probably in wartime grey livery, later being transferred to the City of Lincoln Fire Brigade when the control of fire brigades passed back to local control in 1948. GLW 419 was based mainly at the Monks Road fire station, and transferred to the (then) new fire station on South Park Avenue in 1964.

GLW 419 was presented to the LVVS by the Lincoln Fire Brigade in 1968, although for some years, it was a reserve vehicle for the Lincoln Fire Brigade, and was required to be kept at the front of the Museum in case of an emergency call

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Lincoln (show map)

Taken on: October 28, 2017

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