Fire Engine [Halley Simonis]

Object detail

Accession number

F1175.2003

Maker

Halley's Industrial Motors Limited
Simonis Limited

Production period

1920s

Description

Halley fire engine chassis. Last of the surviving Halleys from the 1920s and 1930s. This fire truck served at Pitt Street, Auckland City until 1936 then Mount Albert until 1947 when it was sold to the Henderson Town Board. Red chassis.

Marks

Coventry Chain Co. Ltd. Coventry, England / TYPE / TO TRANSMIT 50 HP / R.P.M. 1420 1850 INCREASE 1 1.5023 / DATE 23.5.28 Maker's Mark

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Metal

Other name

Halley Simonis
Hailey Simonis

Credit Line

Halley's Industrial Motors Limited et al. 1927. Fire Engine [Halley Simonis], F1175.2003. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Truck Truck, Fire Tools & Equipment for Communication Land Transportation T&E Motor Vehicles

Production place

Glasgow Strathclyde Scotland Great Britain British Isles Europe Great Britain United Kingdom

Subject

Fire engines

Collection type

Fire and Emergency Services Road Transport Transport

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