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Description
"The early Portland Company-built horse-drawn steam engine 'Falmouth No. 2' was built in 1861 for the city of Portland, Maine, at a cost of $3,327.78 as a first-class, or 600-gallon-per-minute, fire engine. It was the Portland Fire Department's second steam fire engine and weighed in at a very hefty 8,755 pounds. This engine later became No. 4." --Fletcher, David H. 'The Portland Company 1856-1982.' Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., 2002. 92.
About This Item
- Title: Falmouth #2 horse-drawn fire engine, 1861
- Creation Date: 1891
- Subject Date: 1891
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 35 31a-8
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Fire engines & equipment--Maine--Portland
- Fire prevention--Equipment and supplies--Maine--Portland
- Portland Company (Me.)--Manufactures
- Portland Fire Department (Me.)
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