Fire engine at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire

Fire engine at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire

Photograph taken 1860 - 1922 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: CC54/00392

View of the Blenheim Palace fire engine with two firemen who were probably members of the Palace staff.

Location

Oxfordshire Blenheim

Period

Edwardian (1902 - 1913)

Themes

The interior of the carriage tyre shop showing employees at work. All the workers are dressed in their everyday clothes and wearing aprons to protect them. These jobs were skilled, indoor jobs rather than manual labour and this is reflected in the clothing.

Transport - Road

Tags

fire engine steam fireman uniform country house Edwardian (1902 - 1913)