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Item 98785

Red Comet fire extinguisher grenade with wall mount holder, Waldoboro, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: circa 1900 Location: Waldoboro Media: Glass, metal, chemicals

Item 98612

Pyrene fire extinguisher, Waldoboro, 1953

Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: 1953 Location: Waldoboro Media: Brass

Item 14611

Presto fire extinguisher, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Fort Kent Media: Brass

Online Exhibits

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Instructors building, Little Chebeague Island, 1947

Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island

Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.

Exhibit

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"Greele achieved legendary status by extinguishing her burning building during the British bombardment of 1775."

Exhibit

Friendship Harbor and the steamboat landing, ca. 1910

Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship

Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War & Biddeford

"… years to overcome, in addition to an ever deepening city debt that administration after administration would work to extinguish. Read more...."