1830-1831 Unknown

1831-1840 Casco Street (east side), opposite Prospect Street (wE-7, 9)

1840-1846 Corner of Lime & Milk Streets, on Milk St. side (w/E-3)

1846-1847 Casco Street (again w/E-7 and E-9)

1847-1850 Spring Street, near South Street (w/America H-3)

1850-1851 Lime Street, corner of Milk Street (w/City H-1)

1830-1845 Hose Carriage No. 2 (“Niagara” Hose Company No. 2)

1845-1851 “City” Hose Company No. 2

March 15, 1830 – State of Maine Legislature approved an Act; “That the Selectmen of Portland are authorized to appoint a number of Enginemen for the new Fire Engine (“Niagara”), not to exceed 54, and also a further number, not to exceed 15, for a second Hose Company.”

Hose Co. 2 formed to run with the new 1830 Thayer suction Engine, Niagara. A two-wheel hose carriage carrying 350 feet of hose was purchased by the Town.  Hose Co. 2 was also referred to as or “City Hose Co. 2” or “Niagara Hose Company No. 2.”

August 3, 1830 – Notice was placed in the Daily Courier newspaper by Town Selectmen, who were authorized to appoint up to 35 men for two Hose Companies, who would be exempt from military duty. The names were to be given to Moses Hall on or before August 7th.

1831 – Hose Carriage No. 2, along with Niagara and Deluge Engine Companies, were quartered in the new two-story brick Engine House on Casco Street, opposite Prospect Street, next to a Schoolhouse.

1840 – Hose Co. 2 relocated to Lime (Market) Street on the Milk Street side (former Hose 1 quarters).

1846 – Hose Co. 2 relocated back to the Casco Street engine house of E-7 and E-9.

1847 – Hose Co. 2 relocated to Spring Street Engine House, near South Street, with America Hose 3.

1850 – Hose Co. 2 moved again, this time to the Market/Lime Street Engine House, at the corner of Milk Street, in with Hose Co. 1, after Croton E-8 relocated to Congress Street in w/L-1. 

July 7, 1851 – City Hose Company No. 2 disbanded by a vote of the Company.