fire statiion

[edwinwrg]

I have managed to fid out where the Aston Manor fire staton is after a lot of trawling.It was in Upper priory just off Dalton street.
I have 2 questions

1) how far is Stanhope street to (upper priory) Dalton street?

2My ggrandfather was in the fire brigade and after checking the
1891 census i found him working in a copper work as a labourer.
But on the 1901 census he was a stoker on a stationary engine.
I have photo of him on steam assisted fire engine and i am wondering if this was what was refered to on the census (RG13; Piece: 2855; Folio: 107)
I would be grateful for some feed back on these questions
On the photo i have it shows Aston manor fire brigade and they are sat in front of the 2 steam assisted fire engines
hope i have given enough information,has any one got a photo of one of the fire engines as it is mostly obscured
edwiwrg

[jim1]

Hello Edwin
A stationary engine was just that.Pre electric age everything was driven by steam.Steam hammers,steam presses etc.After the introduction of steam driven machinery by James Watt & William Murdoch lots of trades came out of it such as engine fitters & drivers.A stoker would be like a fitter's mate.
Stanhope St. is some distance away in Highgate on the way to Sparkbrook.Dalton St. is almost in the centre of B'ham.
With regard to a photo I'm not sure if they have one at the B'ham science museum.
Could it be one of these:
http://www.bseps.org.uk/scf2k1/scf2k1_sfe.htm

                                            jim

[edwinwrg]

Many thanks for your input Jim. I have had a look at the engines that you sent and as i am not knowledgable about steam assisted engines i am finding it difficult to differentiate between them.May be i could send you a picture to see if you can fathom it out.
Let me know and i will send my email address
edwinwrg

[jim1]

I'm not an expert either but you can put your photo on here.Just scan it 600dpi or less.
Jim

[Tricia_2]

Have you looked at this site?
Astonbrook through Astonmanor
http://www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/

This is road transport, but maybe they could help???
Aston Manor ~ Road Transport Museum
http://www.amrtm.org/index.htm

[edwinwrg]

many thanks for those web sites,i will have a lok at them
Many thanks Edwin