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Description
The Park Avenue fire house in Portland, showing Hose 6 and Ladder 6 and the new ladder company that formed in 1924.
When Ladder 1's new truck went in service in 1924, the 1885 horse-drawn Talbot and Moulton ladder carriage was rebuilt, and assigned as Ladder 6 at Park Avenue with Engine 6.
About This Item
- Title: Hose 6 and Ladder 6, Portland, ca. 1924
- Creation Date: 1924
- Subject Date: 1924
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.7881
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Fire departments--Maine--Portland
- Fire engines--Maine--Portland
- Fire fighters--Maine--Portland
- Firefighting equipment--Maine--Portland
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