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Description
The Portland Company built a No. 3 steam engine for the City of Portland. It cost $3,618 and weighed 6,800 pounds.
It was pulled by two horses instead of the commonly seen three-horse hitch used on larger steam engines in other cities.
The engine is seen in front of the Brackett Street firehouse.
About This Item
- Title: Cumberland No. 3 Steam Engine, Portland, 1870
- Creation Date: circa 1870
- Subject Date: circa 1870
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Coll. 242, Box 35 Folder 35/43
- Collection: Portland Company records
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Portland Fire Department (Me.)--Employees
- Metalworking industry--Maine--Portland
- Manufacturing industry--Maine--Portland
- Portland Fire Department (Me.)--Equipment and supplies
- Fire helmets
- Fire fighters--Maine--Portland--Photographs
- Fire engines & equipment--Maine--Portland--Photographs
- Portland Company (Me.)--Manufactures
- Pets
- Dogs
- Cumberland No. 3 (Fire engine)--Photographs
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