Keywords: Engine No. 2 Fire House
Item 76562
Hose Wagon, Androscoggin Fire Company, Topsham, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Town of Topsham Date: circa 1895 Location: Topsham Media: Photographic print
Item 72491
Observatory, fire house and church, Portland, ca. 1875
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Portland Media: Stereograph
Exhibit
Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
Exhibit
A fire and two men whose lives were entwined for more than 50 years resulted in what is now considered to be "the Jewel of Portland" -- the Austin organ that was given to the city of Portland in 1912.
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2
"The engine was usually a gasoline car engine. A belt ran from the engine pulley to a hauling winch; and as long as the engine was running, the winch…"
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4
"455). McCurdy, himself, has spoken of the “houses” within the smokehouses proper. The South Smokehouse in the photograph may be similar to the larger…"
