For a Calendar of Events -
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For a selection of photos of the
Great Bangor Fire click here
This Flickr set can be
viewed as a slide show by clicking the slide show button
above the matrix
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In 1911 the Bangor Fire
department was composed of about 40 paid firemen.
21 Horses
4 Steam
Pumpers ( two were unserviceable*)
1 ladder truck
2 hose
wagons
1 combination hose and chemical wagon
*These two pumpers were built in 1861 and 1865, and were
worn out.
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Chief Mason in his "Buggy"
(Hose 5 Museum Coll.) |
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The Central Fire station was at 54 Harlow Street.
The Central station burned in the 1911 fire. The Champion Hook & Ladder Company was located there.
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The Hose and Chemical wagon located at the Central
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Combination Chemical & Hose wagon of "Union"
Hose 1
Hose 1 was located on State Street near
Exchange. ( Hose 5 museum coll.) |
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Hose Company No.3 at Hammond Street
opposite Ohio
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Hose Company No.2
at 356 Main Street (Richard Shaw coll)
There is no known
photo of Hose 3. |
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Hose Company No.4 With a Steamer located on
Highland street (next to the standpipe on Thomas hill) |
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Hose
Company No.5 at State street opposite Maple |
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Hose Company No.6
on Center Street corner of Montgomery ( Richard Shaw coll.) |
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Bangor's
hook and ladder racing through West Market square.
This hook and ladder is the "Champion" |
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Steam Pumpers: The first
is pumper number 5, the second photo is of one of
Bangor's steam pumpers in action at an 1891 fire in
Pickering Square. The third image is of an
Amoskeag engine, the type used by Bangor. |
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links to you-tube
These links will take you to
original film clips, taken before 1910, of fire
apparatus in action.These are from the Aurora Regional
Fire Museum and the Library of Congress. The
Eureka is a video taken in 2006 at a Fire rally in
California.
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Eureka Steam Fire Engine
Firefighting in the horsedrawn era
Getting Water
Buffalo fire department in action
Going to the fire
A 1902 Steamer in Action
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