Fire fighting.- Braidwood (James) On the Construction of Fire-Engines

Fire Fighting.- Braidwood (James) On the Construction of Fire-Engines and Apparatus, the Training of Firemen, and the Method of Proceeding in Cases of Fire, first edition, double-page engraved frontispiece and 7 folding engraved plates at end, text and plates loose or working loose, ex-Sun Fire Office Library copy with ink stamps, some slight foxing, original cloth-backed boards, slightly rubbed and soiled, covers detached, lacks spine, edges uncut, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1830. *** James Braidwood (1800-1861) founded the world's first municipal fire service in Edinburgh in 1824. This text represents the earliest comprehensive guide to the construction of equipment and the training of officers within the increasingly organised fire services of 19th century urban Britain. In 1832 Braidwood was appointed the first Superintendent of the London Fire-Engine Establishment, an organisation which was to become the London Fire Brigade in 1865. He died in 1861 fighting a fire at London Bridge, which burnt for two weeks causing £2,000,000 of damage.

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