1787

TIMELINE:

November 18, 1787:  Fire Engine Subscribers voted to present the Engine to the Town (Portland), and the Town pay what is yet due for it, and provide a “house” to keep it in and take care of it as a “Town Fire Engine.”  (1786 Portland Town Records Book, volume 1, page 33, in City Clerk’s Office. City Hall)

                     Small wooden building, large enough to house the hand-pump fire engine “Neptune.”

                     May 5, 1788: “Voted- that Mr. (John) Fox petition the Court that the import of the Engine

                     By James Lunt for L 4.80 be remitted to the Town, as they had suffered greatly by the War.

                     (Volume 1, page 39)

                     August 28, 1788: A list of (15) Enginemen appointed by the Town, and their duties under

                     The authority of the Fire Wards was published in the Cumberland Gazette newspaper.

                     April 5, 1790 – At a Town Meeting: “Selectmen be directed to look for a convenient place

                     To Set the Engine House on and to remove the same thereon, as soon as may be practical.

                     (Volume 1, page 82)

                     October 14, 1806 – A new Hunneman & Co. hand-pump engine, serial #13, was delivered,

                     Which was also named “Neptune,” but was housed a short distance away on the southerly-

                     Side of Back Street, at the head of Chapel Street.