Keywords: Steam Pumper
Item 16287
Houlton's horse-drawn steam-pumper, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1925 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 51584
John Fairfield and steam pumper, Saco, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print
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
Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye
The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police
"… the Torrent, the Tiger, and eventually a steam pumper. In 1898 the Fire Department moved from its location on Winthrop Street to the old Town Hall…"
