Maine Memory Network

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 - 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 - Keeping Us Safe: Fire Department and Police Force

"Later, the fire department added hand tubs to the roster which put out fires quicker and more effectively."

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

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

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…"

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"It was a real innovation and helped fight fires considerably, even though fires were few and far between because houses were made of heavy cut wood…"

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 - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"New England musters were first organized in the 1940's by the New England Fire Muster Association Incorporated (NEFMAI)."

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…"

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…"

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."

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…"

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…"

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…"