Keywords: Pump Organ
Item 17694
Pump Organ from North Sebago Methodist Church, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sebago Media: Oak
Item 18196
Helen Stickney, North Sebago, 1963
Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1963 Location: Sebago Media: Photographic print
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
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4
"For several years, they maintained a water pump at the north end of town to supply a reservoir for fire protection."
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry
"Some of the old quarry pumps were in good condition, having been preserved over the decades by water, but deteriorated upon exposure to the air."
Story
Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C
Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine
