Petworth House Fire Station
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Petworth House Fire Station by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
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Petworth House Fire Station
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 19 Jul 2009
This building was originally a dairy and is built over a very large ice house. It was later converted to house a portable fire engine and the two central columns were 'necked' to give clearance for this. It now houses a stationary steam fire pump from elsewhere on the estate. This is a rare beast but sadly not on display. I do have slides of this and one day will scan them.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.988948
Longitude
-0.610089