Keywords: Fire Fighting
Item 98768
Gay Block Fire, Waldoboro, 1962
Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: 1962-02-22 Location: Waldoboro Media: Photographic print
Item 98793
Face Mask, Waldoboro, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: circa 1960 Location: Waldoboro Media: Rubber
Exhibit
Waldoboro Fire Department's 175 Years
While the town of Waldoboro was chartered in 1773, it began organized fire protection in 1838 with a volunteer fire department and a hand pump fire engine, the Water Witch.
Exhibit
Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers
Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.
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Historic Hallowell - Basic Fire Fighting Technology
"Basic Fire Fighting Technology Fire bucket, Union Fire club, Hallowell, 1801Hubbard Free Library The oldest fire dousing technology were…"
Story
COME OUT SWINGIN'!
by Brian Daly
I wrote a musical comedy about Lewiston hosting the Ali-Liston title fight in 1965.
Story
Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan
Stories of growing up Downeast