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Motorised fire engines were an important advance in firefighting, as they enabled brigades to get to fires much more quickly. Here, members of the Whanganui fire brigade pose with their Merryweather fire engine (right) and a modified Model T Ford in 1919.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, F. J. Denton Collection
Reference: 1/1-020869; F
by Frank J. Denton
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