1853

TIMELINE:

                     1853 -  Two story wooden Engine House built on the north-westerly corner of Monument

                                 And St. Lawrence Streets on Munjoy Hill, on a City-purchased lot 30 x 32 feet.

                                 “Pacific” Engine Co. 9 quartered here, with a company of 66 volunteers who

                                 Were not required to leave Munjoy Hill except for extensive conflagrations.

                     1864 -  Late in the year, Pacific E-9 relocated to the new Congress Street firehouse at the

                                 head of North Street.

                     1865 -  January 2nd – Pacific Hand Engine Co. 9 was disbanded, in consequence of a

                                 new steam fire engine being assigned for the new Congress Street firehouse.

                                 City sold building and land for $550.