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ENGINES, ETC^, KEPT IN THE ENGINE 

 HOUSE. 



No. 



141. Large Engine. 



142. Do. 



143. Small Engine. 



144. Hose Reel, with 5-100 ft. 



lengths of Hose pipe, a 

 branch, and other necessary 

 implements. 



145. Ladder Carriage, with six lengths 



of Ladders. 3 Hose buckets. 



Keys of the Fire Cocks, the 

 Closets, and the Trap-Dooks leading 

 on to the Roof of the East, West, and 

 South Wings, are in the keeping of 

 the Principal Librarian, and of the 

 Clerk of the Works ; each Messenger 

 also has these Keys, and one of each 

 hangs in the Porters' Lodge, at Front 

 Gate, and also at Gatekeeper's Box at 

 Back Gate. They are all labelled. 

 The Key of the Common Cock by the 

 North-East Enti'ance is kept in a 

 wooden box, fixed against the wall 

 opposite to it ; and the Key which 

 opens the lock of this box is hung 

 up in the Gatekeeper's Box at the 

 same spot, and, being within reach of 

 a man's arm, can be obtained in the 

 absence of the Gatekeeper by breaking 

 a pane of glass. 



Telegraphic lines connect the 

 British Museum with the Fire-Engiue 



