Merryweather Steam Fire Engine, September 10, 2013

Description
Creator
Megan Pugh, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Digital prints
Description
A colour photograph of the Merryweather Steam Fire Engine in the lobby of the Whitby Public Library Central Branch. This view is of the side of the Merryweather.
Notes
The Merryweather Steam Fire Engine, manufactured in England, served the Town of Whitby for 54 years from November 1872 to 1926 when it was replaced by two motorized fire trucks. It was purchased by the Town after an impressive display of launching a stream of water 145 feet in the air over the weather vane on the steeple of All Saints' Anglican Church. The engine saved downtown Oshawa from destruction by fire on the night of December 8, 1872. In 1934 the Town of Whitby gave the fire engine to the York Pioneer and Historical Society in Toronto and it was returned to the Town of Whitby in 2005. In 2010, a proposal was brought to the Town of Whitby Operations Committee that called for the relocation of the engine to enable the library to better use their lobby space. Another proposal was brought forward in March of 2014 by Eva Reti, a library board member, to relocate the engine. The Operations Committee approved the relocation in June of 2014. The engine is located in a display area adjacent to the main lobby of the Centennial Building, in Whitby, Ontario as on May 2022.
(McGary, Harold. "The Whitby Merryweather Steamer." The York Pioneer 100 (2005):3-13.
(Town of Whitby. (2014, June, 30) Operation Committee Minutes. Whitby Archives, Whitby, ON.)
(Town of Whitby. (2014, June, 23). Recommendation Report. Whitby Archives, Whitby, ON)
Date of Original
10 September 2013
Dimensions
Width: 800 px
Height: 759 px
Subject(s)
Personal Name(s)
Pugh, Megan
Corporate Name(s)
Merryweather and Sons of Long Acre
Local identifier
D2013_007_003
Collection
Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.8783199821745 Longitude: -78.9461469346237
Copyright Statement
This item is protected by the Canadian Copyright Act and is intended for one-time use only. Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). It is your responsibility for obtaining these permissions.
Copyright Date
2013
Copyright Holder
Whitby Archives
Recommended Citation
Merryweather Steam Fire Engine, September 10, 2013, Megan Pugh. Whitby Archives D2013_007_003.
Reproduction Notes
Uploaded from digital camera.
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