Merryweather Greenwich Gem No. 1582, 1896

Greenwich Gem No. 1582, a double-cylinder steam fire engine built by Merryweather & Sons of London in 1896 and kept today at the Salem fire museum in Germany. Merryweather was one of Britain's leading engine builders, and its horse-drawn steamers carried a vertical boiler designed with the engineer Edward Field. Next to the Amoskeag, it shows the British take on the same idea: copper and brass up front, a high seat for the crew and bright red wheels sized for horses.