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Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"Cascade Hand Tub Cascade Hand Tub, Vaughan Homestead, Hallowell, ca. 1935Hubbard Free Library The Cascade Hand Tub, built by Samuel Merrick of…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Fire Department Technology

"For example, the Tiger or the Cascade Hand Pump, both of which were fire fighting technology in their time."

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"It is a hand tub, a type of fire fighting engine with a stitched together, leather hose. Fire Department, Hallowell, 1843Hubbard Free Library…"

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 - Basic Fire Fighting Technology

"… engine was made in 1819; it was the Cascade Hand Tub. The fire hydrant was invented in 1869 by Birdsill Holly."

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"… fire uniforms fastest or what team could fill the tub first while only using buckets. New England musters were first organized in the 1940's by the…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

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

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"“Cascade Still Well Preserved.” Hand Tub Owned by Vaughan Family In Hallowell, Built In 1819 Long a Central Maine Attraction, n.d., City Council…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… to a depth of three feet, and destroying dye tubs and other machinery with gravel and lighter stones. Guilford Woolen Mills, ca."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Soon the Brunswick Hand Tubs were there to help. The fire destroyed everything all the way North to Hoopers Grocery Store."