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Description
The engine with the horses is the famous "Eben Simpson" named for a Biddeford Fire Chief and purchased by the city in 1869. The other engine, purchased 1868, was Biddeford's first steam fire engine.
About This Item
- Title: Biddeford Fire Engines, 1908
- Creator: Robert Henry Gay
- Creation Date: 1908
- Subject Date: 1908
- Location: Biddeford, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 12.5 cm x 17 cm
- Local Code: mca202
- Collection: Robert H. Gay Collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Fire engines--Maine--Biddeford
- Firefighting equipment--Maine--Biddeford
- Simpson, Eben--Commemoration
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