Keywords: Fire Whistle
Item 15282
Bar Harbor Fire Department Bell, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Bar Harbor Fire Department Date: circa 1880 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Metal
Item 15286
Ingersoll-Rand Compressor, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Bar Harbor Fire Department Date: circa 1900 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Wood, metal
Exhibit
A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."
Exhibit
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 Page
Historic Hallowell - Basic Fire Fighting Technology
"For example, when there was a chimney fire, the person would call the fire department, and they would blow the whistle one time."
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention
"The guns were fired from Ft. Williams, the horns came from the 5th Maine Infantry band, and whistles were from the steamboat Calvin Austin."
Story
Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan
Stories of growing up Downeast
