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Description
Self-propelled horseless Steam Engine 5 working at Kennebec Street and Forest Avenue in Portland in about 1912. It was being tested.
The driver steered the vehicle while the stoker controlled the speed and brakes.
The engine was assigned to the 380 Congress Street Firehouse.
About This Item
- Title: Steam Engine 5, Portland, ca. 1912
- Creator: Horatio N. Brackett
- Creation Date: circa 1912
- Subject Date: circa 1912
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Local Code: Coll. 2161, Box 1/8
- Collection: Horatio N. Brackett Portland Fire Department glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Fire engines--Maine--Portland
- Fire stations--Maine--Portland
- Firefighters--Maine--Portland
- Firefighting equipment--Maine--Portland
- Fires--Maine--Portland
- Portland Fire Department (Me.)--Equipment and supplies
- Portland Fire Department (Me.)--People
- Smoke
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