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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… special train with train engine number six and hose number three from Portland arrived. The Lewiston train should have been there a long time…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"The new hose house had high towers for hanging hose to dry and a large stove to heat. Upstairs in the house there was a room for the meetings to be…"

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Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"Some of the people sat on the hose as they went to the fire, a faster way for everyone to get there."

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Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… per minute, they pumped water through a leather hose. The Cascade Hand Tub was nothing like the fire engines used today."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"The original hose house was replaced because it was in disrepair and wasn’t large enough to fit the equipment, horses and firemen."

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Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"… the new technology of fire trucks and water hoses of today. After horrible fires were fought, firefighters and local citizens would get together…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"Samples of other items include: worsted hose (stockings), hats, caps, boots and shoes. Crops exhibited and judged, included: wheat, barley, corn and…"

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"… shows the housing for the pump, the flexible hose that extended down into the hold of the sardine carrier, and the exterior part of the sluiceway…"

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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… men and their equipment which consisted of linen hose, a two wheeled hose reel, and a sled for winter use."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… teams of horses to haul the equipment, and the hoses from both Rumford and the adjoining town of Mexico."

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… bell called out the firemen and the Steamer with hose was loaded on a train… [t] he train left Bangor at ten minutes of twelve and arrived at…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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