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Article: United States: New home wanted for historic Yorkshire fire engine.
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- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- August 21, 2009
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Byline: babalu03
STUNNING in its red livery and bearing the town's coat of arms, the state-of-the-art fire engine was just what was required after a devastating fire tore through the local branch of Woolworth.
Firemen had toiled for hours and risked their lives to quell the flames with outdated machinery, and the Barnsley Corporation decided to buy better fire fighting technology immediately.
The Leyland "pump escape" tender was purchased in 1932, and its top-of-the-range status and 60ft rescue ladder meant it was also called into use to save lives during the devastating Sheffield blitz.
Later, the open-topped truck moved to Gipton, ...