Old fire engine

Because of big fire at Finlayson factory in 1870, this heavy duty fire engine was bought from England in 1874. It served not only the Finlayson factory but also the city of Tampere for many decades. It's last service was during 1939 "Winter War", to put down fires caused by aerial bombing. In 1962 it became a museum relic and finally moved outside to the current place next to Frenckell's old factory buildings.

The fire engines like this were first powered by steam engines in 19th century. Then in 20th century they became powered by diesel or electric engines. This pump was able to move 1500 liters of water per minute with six atmospheric air pressure.

Sources
Fire engine - History: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_engine#History
James Finlayson (industrialist): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Finlayson_(industrialist)

Marco F. Delminho, Eike Biel, ╰☆☆June☆☆╮, Jocelyne Villoing and 38 other people have particularly liked this photo

51 comments - The latest ones

Aschi "Freestone" ^club

a great series, great documentation too!!!!

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Aschi "Freestone" ^club

Thank you, Aschi.

5 years ago.

Chrissy ^club

das ist perfekt! Die Collage mit den Details gefällt mir besonders gut!

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Chrissy ^club

Danke schön, Chrissy =)

5 years ago.

neira-Dan ^club

belle machinerie !!

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to neira-Dan ^club

Merci beaucoup, Dan =)

5 years ago.

Andy Rodker ^club

Thouroughly enjoyed myself with this excellent series. Each photo a masterpiece and the whole thing a delight!

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Andy Rodker ^club

Thank you, Andy =)

The secret is to change the image width on the code from 240 to 180 pixels, and add a space between images on the same row ;-)

I heard you are having problems with Ipernity uploads. We are trying to figure out what could cause it. We had that temporary hiccup week before, but since that at least I have had no issues. If you wish, you can discuss about it here:
www.ipernity.com/gp/serola/12268/a8cb0262

5 years ago.

Wierd Folkersma ^club

a great documentation of an old machine

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Wierd Folkersma ^club

Thank you, Wertti =)

5 years ago.

M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !!… ^club

That sure is some engineering at it's best by the Victorians ......Great documentation & collage Sami for the challenge !!!

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !!… ^club

Thank you, Marj =)

Yes, very remarkable engineering indeed.

5 years ago.

Anton Cruz Carro ^club

unusual scene, interesting photo... friendly greetings → Anton.

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Anton Cruz Carro ^club

Thank you very much, Anton =)

5 years ago.

PhLB - Luc Boonen ^club

1500 ltr per minute, that's a lot of water; even more when you realize the age of this impressive machinery, good job Sami!

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to PhLB - Luc Boonen ^club

Thank you very much, Luc. Good old times when they made powerful engines =D

5 years ago.

Marie-claire Gallet

Very interesting, Sami !!!! Great pictures *********** Happy Sunday !!

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Marie-claire Gallet

Thank you, Marie-claire.

5 years ago.

Esther ^club

Nice series. How did this work? Was it just a pump or was it portable?

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Esther ^club

Thank you, Esther. Yes, this "part" in the image is actually just the pump. The machine to power it was needed as well. I am not sure, but I believe it was first supposed to be only stationary, standing in the middle of factory courtyard like this:

These buildings are just next to rapids going through Tampere. So, getting water was not a problem.

But similar engines have been portable as well, and it was a very dangerous job to move them around.

Actually "fire pump" may have been more accurate to describe this:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_pump

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

Clickity Click

Wonderful presentation and enjoyed the information Sami. Love the green patina on the vintage fire engine. Each image should be appreciated large/black.

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Clickity Click

Thank you very much, Chris =)

5 years ago.

Boarischa Krautmo ^club

beautiful series!

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Boarischa Krautmo ^club

Thank you, Boarischa.

5 years ago.

Stevia ^club

This is really a very nice old museum piece. The yellow autumn leaves shine in the photo very decorative and atmospheric to the subject.Also the old brick building fits great as a background. The photos with the details of the machine are also very well done and you've put them in a very attractive collage for us.

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Stevia ^club

Thank you very much, Stevia =)

5 years ago.

Gillian Everett ^club

Really appealing composition against the pink building and foliage, adds to the heritage feel.

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Gillian Everett ^club

Thank you, Gillian.

5 years ago.

Jan

I agree with Gillian. Love the way the windows echo the machine top shape.

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Jan

Thank you, Janano.

5 years ago.

Amazingstoker

What a fine machine, very solid , nice set of images too

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Amazingstoker

Thank you, Amaz.

5 years ago.

Berny ^club

great old rusty machine, perfect presentation!

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Berny ^club

Thank you, Berny.

5 years ago.

J.Garcia ^club

It's in solidarity with autumn.

Extraordinary work

Thanks for the text

5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

Gudrun ^club

I especially love the detail photos!

5 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Gudrun ^club

Thank you Gudrun. Me too! =D

Difficult to choose in which way to make the presentation ;-)

5 years ago.

Ruesterstaude ^club

Schöne Fotos von der alten Maschine!

4 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

Changed the upload date to bump up this image, to demonstrate what one can do here at ipernity.

1) I retrospectively created an album for all images of this machine.
2) I changed all links on small images on collage to direct onto album instead. A little against "rules" not to change such image codes. But still directs to source in context.
3) On collage images I have "manually" changed the size a little by downsizing 240 images to 180 pixel wide and tall images. The horizontal cap between images can be achieved by just adding a space key hit between the image codes.

3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.

Ingo Krehl ^club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

Du hast mich verstanden! :-))
Klasse mit den gegebenen Möglichkeiten umgesetzt!

3 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Ingo Krehl ^club

I realized I could have only one "a hre" for all collage images! =,D

So, start with link code, then images, and finally close the link.

3 years ago.

Ingo Krehl ^club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

Ja, hab mir den Code angesehen, geschickt gemacht!

3 years ago.

Taormina ^club has replied to Ingo Krehl ^club

Ich verstehe es nicht....

3 years ago.

Ingo Krehl ^club has replied to Taormina ^club

Kann ich verstehen Katja,
geht um meinen Beitrag:
Meine Wünsche für die Neuprogrammierung
www.ipernity.com/group/unofficialgroup/discuss/195234
Da hat Sami meine Idee so gut es geht spontan umgesetzt. Die 9 Vorschauen in der Beschreibung die alle zu dem Ordner mit weiteren Bildern führen.

3 years ago.

Annemarie ^club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

great work Sami

3 years ago.

Annemarie ^club

great work!

3 years ago.

Jocelyne Villoing ^club

Une belle pièce !******************

3 years ago.

polytropos ^club

Yes, I think I remember that! :-)

3 years ago.

╰☆☆June☆☆╮ ^club

★彡 Good work. Have a lovely new week 彡★

3 years ago.

Esther ^club

It is a monster of a machine.

3 years ago.

Cheryl Kelly (cher12… ^club

Nicely seen and captured!

3 years ago.

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