STEAM ENGINES
STEAM ENGINES
Below is a list of Steam Fire Engines purchased and placed in service by the Portland Fire Department.
Year | Steam Fire Engine | Manufacturer | Serial No. | Size
1859 "Machigonne" E-1 Amoskeag, Manchester, N.H. 2 1st
1861 "Falmouth" E-2 Portland Co. (ordered in 1860) 1st
1862 "Cumberland" E-3 Amoskeag 54 2nd
1864 "Casco" E-5 Portland Co. * Burnt in Fire, July 4, 1866. 2nd
1865 "Portland" E-2 Portland Co. (ordered in 1864) 2nd
1866 "Casco" E-5 Portland Co. 2nd
1870 "Cumberland" E-3 Portland Co. (ordered in 1869) 2nd
1871 " Machigonne" E-1 Amoskeag 370 1st
1873 "Falmouth" E-4 Amoskeag 449 1st
1881 "Casco" E-5 Amoskeag 554 2nd
1883 Mary W. Libby Ferry Davidson Stationary Pump (1884-to Josephine Hoey Ferry)
1883 "Portland" E-2 Silsby, Seneca, NY 751 3rd
1884 Mary W. Libby Ferry Portland Co. Stationary Pump
1885 "Cumberland" E-3 Amoskeag 612 2nd
1890 "Wenemovet" No. 6 Clapp & Jones, Hudson, NY 526 2nd
1894 Engine 7 Fireboat Amoskeag Stationary Pump 713 X-1st
1903 Engine 5 Amoskeag Self-propeller (Horseless) 772 X-1st
1906 Engine 2 Amoskeag 788 X-1st
1908 Engine 9 Amoskeag (On loan, then purchased) 823 3rd
1908 Engine 1 Amoskeag (Ordered in 1907) 833 1st
1908 Engine 4 Amoskeag 836 1st*
1908 Spare Engine Amoskeag 837 1st
1909 Engine 7 Fireboat Amoskeag Stationary Pump 849 X-1st
* 1924 - Amoskeag #836 (old E-4) attached to 1917 Christie motor tractor (old L-5). On display at Cole's Transportation Museum, Bangor Maine.