1831

TIMELINE:

1831 -         

April 5; approved $1,100 to build a two-story brick engine house on the easterly

                                 Side of Casco Street, opposite Prospect Street. On the Building Committee was

                                 Neal Dow (1st Director of Deluge 7), Joel Hall and Thomas Bolton.  It was built

                                 Next to a wooden schoolhouse on a lot 60 feet by 105 feet deep.

                                 Quartered here was Deluge E-7, Niagara E-9 and City Hose Co. 2.

                     1847 -  City Hose 2 was relocated to Spring Street, near South Street.

                     1848 - Niagara E-9 disbanded, Torrent E-6 in with Deluge E-7.                   

                     1850 -  Torrent E-6 moved to Brackett Street

                     1860 -  Deluge E-7 disbanded, replaced by a steam fire engine, and Washington L-1

                                 Relocated here.

                     1861 -  August-Washington L-1 moved to Congress Street, between Lime & Pearl streets.

                                 October-Engine House torn down to make way for a new Casco Street schoolhouse.

                     1861- Engine House razed to build a new school house.