Keywords: Witch
Item 100056
Water Witch, Waldoboro, ca. 1838
Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: circa 1838 Location: Waldoboro Media: Wood, metal
Item 82262
Firemen and Fire Engine 1, 'Water Witch,' Waldoboro, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: circa 1945 Location: Waldoboro Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Anglo-Americans in northern New England sometimes interpreted their own anxieties about the Wilderness, their faith, and their conflicts with Native Americans as signs that the Devil and his handmaidens, witches, were active in their midst.
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.
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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons
"… days for everything to thaw out of its ice prison witch still made the surface slippery and dangerous for the residents."