Shand and Mason's tenth land steam fire-engine was supplied to the London Brigade in June, 1862, and their twelfth, in February, 1863, upon orders given on the 4th January, 1862. But as the Committee of the London Fire Brigade were now negotiating with Government to take the duty of extinguishing fires off their hands, no orders for steam-engines were given out by them after the above date.
STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPETITION,
CRYSTAL PALACE, LONDON, 1863.
Towards the close of 1862, several engineers and other gentlemen interested in the improvement of steam fire-engines, offered prizes to be awarded at competitive trials to take place in London. The following is the Committee's published account of these trials which were held in the grounds of the Crystal Palace Company on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd July, 1863.
The Committee consisted of the following gentlemen, viz.:—
Chairman.
His Grace the Duke of Sutherland.
Members.
The Right Hon. the Earl Of Caithness.
Lord Richard Grosvenor, M.P.
J. G. Appold, Esq.
J. T. Bateman, Esq.
W. M'Browne, Esq.
T. R. Crampton, Esq.
W. M. Crossland, Esq.
W. Fairbairn, Esq.
T. Hawksley, Esq.
J. E. McConnell, Esq.
Henry Maudslay, Esq.
J. Mathews, Esq.
J. Nasmyth, Esq.
J. Penn, Esq.
William Smith, Esq.