Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"Dy doing this at sixty strokes per minute, they pumped water through a leather hose. The Cascade Hand Tub was nothing like the fire engines used…"

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."

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"In the center was a pump with one cylinder. The body was five and a half feet long. It worked like an old kitchen pump."

Historic Hallowell - Basic Fire Fighting Technology

"… would pour in water while a second person would pump a handle to throw water up to the fire quickly."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… fire station got the water from the river using a pump that was in the mill. In the first year after it was built, they raised $944 to buy new…"

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."

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"As technology evolved pumping devices, known as "hand tubs", were created which were able to propel a spray of water upon fires."

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

"Pike, photo X Herring pump house: On the end of the Pickling Shed housing for another innovation was constructed."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… house was built in the area where the gas pumps at White Elephant are located today. That home later became the Hotel Strong."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… the water in the reservoir, the firemen even pumped water from the Androscoggin River. None of these measures stopped the flames in the tightly…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Its slotted cylinder pumped an effective low-pitch aural signal. Eventually the modern electrically-powered foghorn became standard equipment at…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The water supply came from the river using a pump in the Piscataquis Woolen Mill. In 1931 the Town purchased their first fire truck, a 1931 Ford…"