Hand Engines
Hand Engines
Below is a comprehensive list of carriages and wagons purchased and placed in service by the Portland Fire Department.
Year Company Builder, type Location, other Info Cost
1827 City Hose #1 2-wheel hose carriage w/500 feet 1855-out of service
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1829 Deluge Engine 2-wheel hose carriage, attached to Hand E-7 1851-oos
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1830 City Hose #2 2-wheel hose carriage w/500 feet 1851-oos
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1836 Casco E-1 2-wheel hose carriage, attached to Hand E-1 1860-oos
1836 Volunteer E-3 2-wheel carriage, attached to Hand E-3 1863-oos
1836 Vigilant E-6 2-wheel hose carriage, attached to Hand E-6 1844-oos
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1837 Portland E-5 2-wheel hose carriage, attached to Hand E-5 1852-oos $65
1837 Ocean E-4 2-wheel hose carriage, attached to Hand E-4 1855-oos $65
1837 Niagara E-9 2-wheel hose carriage, attached to Hand E-9 1849-to E-8, 1853-to E-9
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1839 Bucket carriage 4-wheel iron carriage, w/4-tiers of buckets 1844-oos
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1845 America Hose 3 4-wheel hose reel carriage, w/600 feet of hose 1865-oos. 1872-sold $175. $333
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1849 Atlantic E-2 2-wheel hose carriage, attached to Hand E-2 1860-oos
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1852 Portland E-5 2-wheel hose carriage, attached to Hand E-5 1862-oos $90
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1853 Dirigo E-8 2-wheel hose carriage, attached to Hand E-8 1881-oos $125
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1854 Young America E6 2-wheel hose carriage, attached to Hand E-6 1865-oos $125
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1855 Ocean E-4 2-wheel hose carriage, attached to Hand E-4 1865-oos $125
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1859 Machigonne E-1 Amoskeag 4-wheel hose reel carriage (S.E-1) 1877-oos, Alms House $325
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1860 Falmouth E-2 4-wheel hose reel carriage (S.E-2) 1864-w/Casco S.E-5 $600
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1862 Cumberland E-3 Amoskeag 4-wheel hose reel carriage (S.E-3) 1872-oos, sold in MA. $360
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1864 Portland E-2 4-wheel hose reel carriage (S.E-2) 1884-oos, Store House $600
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1867 Spare hose carriage Fred Randall, 4-wheel hose reel carriage 1881-rebuilt, to H-6 $800
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1872 Cumberland E-3 Amoskeag 4-wheel hose reel carriage (S.E-3) 1885-oos $600
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1873 Casco E-5 Amoskeag 4-wheel hose reel carriage (S.E-5) 1887-oos $600
1873 Falmouth E-4 Amoskeag 4-wheel hose reel carriage (S.E-4) 1887-oos $600
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1875 PFD Wagon 4-wheel wagon for fire department work w/L-2 horse on Market St. $225
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1877 Machigonne E-1 Amoskeag 4-wheel hose reel carriage 1888-oos, ‘93-H-6, ‘94-oos $534
1877 Jigger for E-2 Unknown (exchanged for old one) 1886 to E-5 $155
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1884 Portland E-2 Talbot & Moulton 4-wheel hose wagon 1894-to H-6 $350
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1885 Coal wagon Unknown (1st) E-3
1885 Cumberland E-3 Talbot & Moulton hose wagon 1916-oos $375
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1886 Coal wagon Unknown (2nd) 2nd-hand wagon E-2 $15
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Carriages and Wagons
Year Company/Unit Builder, type Location, other Info Cost
1887 Falmouth E-4 Talbot & Moulton hose wagon (April) 1910-to Peaks Is. H-1. $400
1887 Casco E-5 Talbot & Moulton hose wagon (July) 1905-to H-9, 1912-oos $400
1887 Coal wagon Unknown (3rd) E-5
1887 Exercise wagon Unknown (1st) E-2
1887 Exercise wagon Unknown (2nd, also as a supply wagon) E-5
1887 Exercise wagon Unknown (3rd) L-3, 1893-E1, 1894-H6
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1888 Machigonne E-1 Talbot & Moulton hose wagon $400
1888 Coal wagon Unknown (4th) E-4
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1889 Coal wagon Unknown (5th) E-1
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1892 Exercise wagon Unknown (4th) E-3, 1898-L-3 $125
1892 Exercise wagon Unknown (5th) E-4 $125
1892 Chemical 1 Holloway wagon w/double 60-gallon tanks 1915-tanks to Peaks, Long Is. $2335
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1893 Chief’s wagon 2nd-hand used wagon
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1894 Chief’s wagon Unknown 2nd-hand wagon
1894 E-2 hose wagon Talbot & Moulton hose wagon $100
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1895 Chief’s wagon C. Waugh chief’s wagon, Cambridgeport, MA 1915-District-1, 1917-oos Â
1895 Coal/Exercise W. Unknown, 2-horse wagon (6th 2-horse) L-1
1895 Coal/Exercise W. Unknown, 2-horse wagon (7th 2-horse) L-2 w/3 horses, 1906-L-5
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1896 Exercise wagon Unknown (6th 1-horse) Chemical 1
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1899 H-10 (DFD H-4) 1889 hose wagon, J. Scanlon (H-3, 1897-to H-4) 1899-oos (disbanded) $100
H-14 (DFD H-6) 1889 hose wagon, J. Scanlon (Pfd H-7, then 14) 1899-oos (disbanded) $100
H-11 (DFD H-5) 1890 4-wheel hose reel carriage (H-1, 1897-H-5) 1899-oos (replaced) Â $50
H-12 (DFD H-8) 1896 hose wagon, C.N. Barbour/Locke & York 1906-oos. 1912-to P.Is. $285
H-13 (DFD H-2) 1897 hose wagon, J.F. Cobb/Locke & York 1899-oos (disbanded) $285
H-9 (DFD H-3) 1897 hose wagon, H.L.Sawyer/Locke&York, 2-h. 1905-oos, $340
6/5/06-sold $100 to Cape Porpoise F. D.
H-8 (DFD H-1) 1897 hose wagon, Talbot & Moulton, 2-horse 1908-oos, 1912-to H-9 $465
1913-w/turret
H-11 hose wagon G.M. Stanwood w/2-horse hitch 1925-oos (replaced) $320
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1901 Coal/Exercise W. Unknown (8th 2-horse) H-9 (3/27/01) $200
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1903 Coal/Exercise W. Unknown (9th 2-horse) E-11 (3/28/03) $140
1903 Coal/Exercise W. F.O. Bailey (10th 2-horse) E-6 (4/21/03) $200
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1905 E-5 hose wagon C.W. Perkins 2-horse hose wagon (1924-to H-2) 1911-w/turret, 1927-oos $785
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1906 H-8 hose pung E.D. Ayer (12/26/06) Woodford St., 1908-at E-8 $185
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1908 E-5 hose pung E.D. Ayer (2/25/08) E-5 $185
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1909 E-4 hose pung E.D. Ayer (12/21/09) E-4 $185
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1910 Exercise wagon E.D. Ayer (11th 2-horse) (3/22/10) H-11 and Combination 11 $225
1910 E-4 hose wagon Combination Ladder Co. (2-horse, 1920-to H-3) 1912-w/turret (1929-oos) $850
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1911 District-2 wagon 2-wheel wagon for District Chief Read 1916-oos
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1912 E-8 hose wagon D.E. McCann 2-horse hose wagon (9/27/12) 1916-to H-3, 1920-oos $835
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