Contributed by Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum
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Description
The interior of the old Houlton Fire House. The pieces of fire fighting equipment that are numbered are, 1. Horse sled to be drawn by some truck horses, 2 & 3. hand drawn hose wheels, 4. horse drawn fire engine, 5. horse drawn ladder truck.
Horses were not stabled at the fire house. When the fire alarm sounded, the first "local truckman" who arrived with his team of horses was paid to pull the equipment to the fire. It is said that when the alarm sounded, every team of horses in the area was detached from it's wagon and raced to the fire house because the first team there got the job.
About This Item
- Title: Houlton Fire House, ca. 1890
- Creation Date: circa 1890
- Subject Date: circa 1890
- Location: Houlton, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 11 cm x 19 cm
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Fire stations--Maine--Houlton
- Houlton Fire Department (Houlton, Me.)--Equipment and supplies
- Fire engines & equipment--Maine--Houlton
- Houlton Fire Department (Houlton, Me.)--History
Other Keywords
- fire engine
- fire fighting equipment
- fire truck
- fre huse
- hand drawn hose wheels
- Horse sled
- hose wheel
- ladder truck.
- truck horses
For more information about this item, contact:
Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum109 Main Street, Houlton, ME 04730
207-532-4216
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