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ENGINES, &C, KEPT IN THE ENGINE 

 HOUSE. 



147. Hose Cart (250 feet). 



148. Hose Cart (250 feet). 



149. Hose Reel, with 4 100 feet 



lengths of Hose Pipe, a branch 

 and other necessary implements. 



150. Ladder Carriage, with six lengths 



of Ladders. 



Keys of the Trap Doors leading 

 on to the Roof of the East, West, and 

 South Wings, are in the keeping of 

 the Principal Librarian, the Clerk of 

 the Works, the General Foreman, the 

 Firemen, the Plumber's Labourer, and 

 each Messenger. One of each (which 

 are labelled) of these keys also hangs 

 in the Porters' Lodge, at Front Grate, 

 and at Gatekeeper's Box at Back Gate. 

 The key at the Back Gate can be got 

 at by breaking a pane of glass. There 

 is also a roof key kept at the Front 

 Entrance Lodge for the use of the 

 Clock winder. The Key of the Common 

 Cock by the North-East Entrance is 

 kept in a wooden box, fixed against the 

 M all opposite to it. 



Telephone lines connect the British 

 Museum with the Fire Engine Station 

 in Theobald's Road and the Police 

 Stations at Scotland Yard and Totten- 

 ham Court Road, and alarm bell to the 

 Firemen's residence, o5, Great Coram 

 Street. The instruments are placed in 

 the Firemen's Room, and East Front 

 Entrance Lodge, and the Clerk of the 

 Works is responsible that immediate 

 notice is sent to the Superintending 



