Keywords: hand engine
Item 82111
Fire Engine 2, 'Medomak,' Waldoboro, ca. 1846
Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: circa 1846 Location: Waldoboro Media: Wood, wrought iron
Item 76564
Hallowell hand pumper "Tiger" postcard, 1936
Contributed by: Town of Topsham Date: 1836 Location: Hallowell Media: Postcard
Item 109433
Plans and Alterations in Engine House, Auburn, 1870-1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1870–1880 Location: Auburn; Auburn Client: unknown Architect: George M. Coombs
Item 116449
Schlotterbeck & Foss Co., Portland, 1926-1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926–1927 Location: Portland Client: Schlotterbeck & Foss Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
The Waldo-Hancock Bridge is in the process of being dismantled after over 70 years of service. The Maine State Archives has a number of records related to the history of this famous bridge that are presented in this exhibition.
Exhibit
Waldoboro Fire Department's 175 Years
While the town of Waldoboro was chartered in 1773, it began organized fire protection in 1838 with a volunteer fire department and a hand pump fire engine, the Water Witch.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub
"The Cascade Hand Tub was nothing like the fire engines used today. Its tank was five and a half feet long with a pump in the center."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2
"The engine was usually a gasoline car engine. A belt ran from the engine pulley to a hauling winch; and as long as the engine was running, the winch…"
Story
A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton
A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin
Story
Co-founding Halcyon Yarn and learning to weave
by Hector Jaeger
Moving to Maine, Halcyon Yarn, and rediscovering the joy of weaving
