Horse drawn engines Gallery

LCC-MFB Red Cross Street fire station, City of London

Red Cross Street fire station, City of London, built by the London County Council (LCC) and opened in 1900. It was one of four fire stations (plus a river station at Blackfriars) contained within the City of London. The picture shows its horse drawn pumps parading on the forecourt of the station together with a manual hose cart. This station closed in 1964, replaced by the new Barbican fire station

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

LCC-MFB Vauxhall fire station, Lambeth

Built by the London County Council (LCC), Vauxhall fire station opened in 1902 on the Albert Embankment (Vauxhall Bridge end). In 1918 seven firemen were killed at a fire on the Albert Embankment, four of them coming from Vauxhall station. The station closed in 1937 when the new London Fire Brigade Headquarters and Lambeth fire station opened at the eastern end of the Albert Embankment

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library