Ahrens-Fox fire engine
Production date
1990s
Object detail
Accession number
08-610
Description
Front and right side of a Ahrens-Fox fire engine, probably the 1929 Ahrens-Fox model PS.2. The license plate at the front is FIRE 1. Ahrens-Fox appears above the bumper. The is a civil defence symbol with CD in it on the right side under the windscreen. One of the hose attachments at the front has a section of hose attached to it. The section of hose is folded over and lying across the engine above the Ahrens-Fox sign. To the right is part of a red car with red lights on its roof. Part of a sign can be seen sitting in front of both vehicles. It has 1929 on it and parts of words that may say Piston Pump. In the left background is a parked van, a fence, power pylons and hills. In the right background is part of a metal tower structure. The wooden wall that surrounds its base has a range of numbers written on it.
Media/Materials
Physical description
1 photograph : colour : 11 x 16 cm.
Credit Line
1990s. Ahrens-Fox fire engine, 08-610. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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