Flying
12 power for a Sulzer Fire Pump
Philip
Howard's Sulzer Fire Pump
Hi
Phil,
I
have recently acquired a new restoration project which you maybe
interested in. It is a 1939 Sulzer portable fire fighting
pump which has a Standard 12 engine in it. I know very little
about it as everybody I have asked on the rally fields this year
has never seen one before! I believe it was used by Oxford City
Fire Brigade for part of its life (it has OCFB stamped on some
of the fittings) and I know it was picked up from somewhere in Watlington
20 odd years ago, it then lived in a garage until a few months
ago when I picked it up. I cant wait to start restoring it just
as soon as the house I'm buying comes through! I have attached a
few pictures of it. If you know anything about these pumps
please do let me know.
Philip Howard
Head of Section Fire Behaviour
Click on any of these thumbnails
to see an enlargement:
Hi Philip,
Now, every so often,
something novel turns up and certainly this is one of those moments.
Sulzer, a Swiss Company, founded in 1834, are still going strong and
are still making pumps of all descriptions. The Swiss parent hasn't
been able to shed any light on this pump, or provide me with any
information about it, but they still have a branch in Leeds. While
we wait for the Leeds branch to respond, here is my appeal to anyone
who might know something more about these pumps, since they surely
built more than one at the outbreak of the war. So if you can add
anything to this story, please send it to the webmaster
in the first instance. Any information received will be added to
this page.
I look forward to
being inundated with email!
Phil
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