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Description
The Cumberland No. 3 horse-drawn steam engine was Portland's third steam fire engine, an Amoskeag 2nd size steam fire engine with serial number 54, built in Manchester, N.H., in 1862, and placed in service in September of that year.
About This Item
- Title: Fire steamer Cumberland 3, Portland, 1862
- Creation Date: 1862
- Subject Date: 1862
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 35/27
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Fire engines & equipment--Maine--Portland
- Fire Departments--Equipment and supplies
- Fire engines--Maine--Portland
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