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Description
"This 1864 Portland Company-built steam fire engine, the second-class engine 'Portland No. 2,' was put into service in January 1865 as the Portland Fire Department's fifth steam engine. It cost $4,500 and weighed 6,625 pounds." --Fletcher, David H. "The Portland Company 1846-1982." Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., 2002, 93.
About This Item
- Title: Portland No. 2, Portland Company, ca. 1864
- Creation Date: circa 1864
- Subject Date: circa 1864
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 35 Folder 35/42
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Fire engines
- Fire engines & equipment--Maine--Portland
- Portland Fire Department (Me.)--Equipment and supplies
- Portland Company (Me.)--Manufactures
- Manufacturing industry--Maine--Portland
- Metalworking industry--Maine--Portland
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