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Historical Items

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Item 103601

Custom House Wharf fire, Portland, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-11-16 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 14896

Bangor Fire Department at fire, Apr. 14, 1950

Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: 1950-04-14 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 29011

Downtown Fire of 1894, Front Street, Bath

Contributed by: Jacqueline Sylvester through Patten Free Library Date: 1894 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 32811

83-85 Adams Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Catherine Reardon Style: Greek Revival Use: Dwelling & Store

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Basic Fire Fighting Technology

"The fire hydrant was invented in 1869 by Birdsill Holly. Finally, in the 1960’s and 70’s, the fire department used whistle blows to alert the…"

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Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Unknown, Unknown. Fire hydrants. Ed. Unknown Unknown. n.d. n.d. <http://What are the prices of fire hydrants?>. Unknown, Unknown Unknown."

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Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"Some large events the Tiger was in are fires while others were parades. One fire case was on Fourth of July, 1962."