Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve: Hallowell Fireman's Association

"… Serve: Hallowell Fireman's Association From bucket brigades to modern pumpers, the Hallowell Fireman's Association record is a distinguished one."

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…"

Historic Hallowell - Keeping Us Safe: Fire Department and Police Force

"… technology was primitive in those days with only buckets used to put out fires. Later, the fire department added hand tubs to the roster which put…"

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"The water had to be brought using buckets and then pumped by two men to create a half inch wide stream that could reach up to 60 feet! This took lots…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… each member to keep ready at least two leather buckets for possible use in a "bucket brigade", and canvas bags to provide for the removal of goods…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"Some preferred to use buckets to bring the water to the tub. The water was cold. She usually started this in the morning because the clothes took all…"

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"… Union Fire Club Union Fire Club, Fire Bucket, Hallowell, 1805Hubbard Free Library The Union Fire Club of Hallowell, Maine, started in the…"

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"… team could fill the tub first while only using buckets. New England musters were first organized in the 1940's by the New England Fire Muster…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… the tools are simple (a metal rake, metal bucket and onion bags), clam digging is hard, backbreaking work with hours dependent on tides and light…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"… because there was no running water, a big water bucket, accompanied by a tin cup, soothed the pupils' throats."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"Later came winches, buckets and sluices. In the early Seventies, John McCurdy installed a major innovation, illustrated at the end of Part II."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… burned, but a portion was saved by a volunteer bucket brigade from the Mill Stream behind it. All the rescued goods were stored in the nearby…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"A bucket brigade was quickly formed to help stem the advancing flames. The town’s fire alarm brought the firemen, their teams of horses to haul the…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… winter one needed to fetch fresh water by taking buckets down to the brook next to the house and there was a nearby outhouse used in the coldest…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… of the wide window, with what appear to be two buckets and a presentation cup in front. The two smaller art pieces rest higher, partially obscured…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"They’d bring baked beans all hot in a bucket.” Many kids still bring cold lunches from home, but hot lunch can be extra popular on days with…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… up into flames, and everyone who can throw a bucket is crowding around the burning timber. Water and more help is coming, but I do not think it…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"Lard Bucket X Farming Diversity Unlike large single-crop farms of the west, our local farms produced a variety of products for both farm use and…"