Can anyone put a name and history to this very interesting (and large) firefighter (shown without it's boiler and superstructure).

It would make a very interesting model. Drawing from "The Engineer", October 9th 1868.

More info here - www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.154/chapterId/3211/Fires-in-the-port.html

Stuart