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Name  -  Builder  -   Year - Serial Number  -  Location  -  Piston Size  -  History 

B    Button    1882    Barre, VT

B    Button    1860    526    Bath, ME

B    Button    Ballston, NY    Purchased 2 engines.

B    Button    Ballston, NY

B    Button    Berwick, PA    9 1/4"

B   Button    1835    Bethleham, PA    9"     Owned by Thomas Wainwright. There in 1987

B    Rumsey    Bellhaven, NC       one of 2 used engines purchased by Bellhaven.

B    Hunneman    1805    6    Fort Indepencence, Boston Harbor

B     Hunneman     1812     32     Bridgewater, MA 

B     Hunneman     1822     78     Brimfield, MA Cotton Mill MA
 
B     Hunneman     1829     134     Andover, MA      museum Delivered to Cambridge, MA as"#1"; sold to Bradley Mills, Ballardvale in 1859;
                                                                                   Now at Andover Historical Society as "BALLARDVALE".

B     Hunneman     1827     123     Bristol, RI         Delivered to Cockwright Cotton Mill.

B     Jeffers             North Hampton, MA MA.

B     New York, NY              Destroyed in a fire in 1824. Replaced by Black Joke.

Badger #1        Rumsey    1865                Phoenix, AZ                    owned by Centerville, WI; was at Great Chicago Fire; now at HOF

Baqaduce #2     1845     Castine, ME             Castine's second engine.

Barney #2     American     1896     Searsport, ME     7"

Barre #1     Hunneman     1834     149     Barre, MA              This engine was traded to Hunneman in 1842 for a new engine, H#218.

 Batcher                      Middlebury, VT

Baw Beese     Button     1857     446     Waldoboro, ME      Delivered to Hillsdale, MI as "BAW BEESE"; to Gardner, MA in 1878; to W. Quincy, MA in
                                                                                        1917; to Gardiner, ME in 1922 and at one time named "ROBERT COSGROVE";
                                                                                         to Waldoboro, ME ibefore 1943 & renamed "BAW BEESE"; to Peabody, MA in 1980;
                                                                                         to Bath, ME in 1984; back to Waldboro in 1985. 1897 NESVFL Champ.

Bay State     Button         East Brookfield, MA

Bay State #1     Hunneman     1846     282     Middleboro, MA     6"     Delivered to Fall River, MA as "OCEAN #5"; sold to Middleboro, MA in 1874
                                                                                                        renamed "BAYSTATE #1"

Bay State #1     Hunneman     1848     341     Templeton, MA      5 1/2"      Delivered to Petersham, MA as "HUBBARDSTON"; sold to Templeton, MA
                                                                                                              and renamed "BAY STATE". Left in apple orchard to rot.

Bay State #1     Hunneman     1852     447     Middleboro, MA     5 1/2"

Bay State #3     Hunneman     1853     485     Stoughton, MA     6 1/2"      Delivered to East Stoughton, MA ; to Acton, MA VFA; to Stoughton, MA 2022.

Bedford #4   Button    1893    Bedford, MA    7"    Traded to Maxim Fire Engine Co., Middleboro, MA in 1920; was never named Shawsheen 

Belmont Eng. 2 Howard & Davis    1851  Belmont, MA  6 5/8"   Delivered to Arlington, MA named "HOWARD #2"; became Belmont Eng 2 when Belmont
                                                                                             incorporated in 1859; destroyed in a fire in 1898

Benjamin E. Smith    Hunneman    1852    465    Gardiner, ME    Delivered to Watertown, MA as "GEORGE BOMFORD"; sold to Monmouth, ME &
                                                                                               renamed "PAYSON TUCKER; sold to Gardiner, ME and given current name.

Bennington #3    Thayer    1839    Manchester, NH    Purchased by Amoskeag Mfg. Co.;sold in 1854.

Bent Tray #1     Smith     Middletown, NY

Bernardston    Rumsey    1863    Bernardston, MA

Big Six    Button    Pittsfield, MA

Black Cat    Dennison    1858     Pawtucket, RI    10"       See ARNOLD B CHASE"

Black Hawk    Waterloo, IN

Black Hawk #1    Hunneman    1856    572    Harvard, IL.   5"    Delivered to Freeport, IL; sold to Harvard. IL 1867.

Blackstone    Howard & Davis    1852    Pheonix, AZ    6"    Delivered to Grafton, MA; now at Hall of Flame Phoenix, AZ.

Block Island    Gleason & Bailey    1893    Mystic, CT    7"

Blodgett #3    Button    Providence, RI

Bloomer    1809    Waterville, ME    Bucket tub.

Blue Boy    Cowing    1862    San Andreas, CA    8"    Delivered to San Andreas, CA in May of 1862; West Coast Class A Champs 1964 - 1969, squirrel
                                                                                 tail engine.

Blue Boys    Jeffers    1853    New York, NY

Blue Jay    Button    1843    Greenville, RI    8"    Delivered to Pawtucket, RI as "WATERWITCH"; to Greenville, RI and given current name.

Blue Pointer #7    Hunneman    1824    99    Providence, RI    Delivered to Providence, RI; sold in 1836; later junked at North Smithfield, RI.

Bomberos    Hunneman    1863    666    Saqua La Grande    5 1/2"

Bomberos    Hunneman    1863    667    Cuba Engine destroyed by fire in So. Boston while awaiting shipment to Cuba.

Boston    Hunneman    1822    75    Boston, MA

Boston    Hunneman    1850    396    San Francisco, CA    4"    Destroyed in 1851.

Boston    Thayer    1792    Boston, MA    At Everett VFA. Sold at Auction. traded to the BFM for a Button Engine.

Boston #15   Thayer    1801    Boston, MA

Boston Locomotive Works    Hunneman    1846    295    Boston, MA    5"

Boston Oil Co.    Hunneman    1853    468    Bristol, NH    4"    Delivered to Roxbury, MA as "BOSTON OIL CO.", sold to Bristol, NH renamed
                                                                                            "PINE ISLAND".

Boxer #3    Hunneman    1858    616    Shelburne, VT    6"    At the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT.

Boyden    Howard & Davis    1853    Waltham, MA

Boyden    Jeffers    1858    Waltham, MA    9"    Sold to Waddington, NY Waterworks.

Boyden    #2    Hunneman    1844    236    Waltham, MA   5 1/2"

Boyden #2    Smith    Waltham, MA    9"

Bravo    Van Ness    Hartford, CT    8 1/2"

Break O'Day    Smith    1850    Newburyport, MA    10"    Delivered to Auburn, NY as "NEPTUNE"; to Turin, NY in 1872; to Columbia VFA Brockton, MA
                                                                                     1908; to N. Adams VFA in 1911; acquired by Newburyport between 1914 and 1924.

Bresser                                    Lindehhurst, NY

Bristol    Roberts    1857    Bristol, CT

Brittania #1    Hunneman    1852    444    Petersboro, Ont.     6 1/2"

Broad Street #2    Hunneman    1847    311    Nashville, TN     Destroyed in the late 1860"s.

Broderick #1        Wm. Worth    1855        San Francisco, CA    8 1/2"       First engine built in State of California. Originally served San Francisco,
                                                                                                              to Yale, BC, to Kelowna, BC, found discarded there; purchased by Fireman's
                                                                                                               Fund Ins Co and returned to San Francisco and restored.

Brookline #1    Hunneman    1839    185    Brookline, MA

Brookline #1    Hunneman    1852    460    Tenafly, NJ    4 1/2"    Delivered to Brookline, NH; sold in 1954 to Robert Fuller of Tenafly, NJ ;
                                                                                                        returned to Brookline, NH in 2019, also known as "LITTLE GIANT"
                                                                           

Brookline #1    Thayer    1826    Brookline, NH         also known as "GIANT"

Brooklyn #6    Jeffers    1851    Brooklyn, NY    10"

Buchard    Buchanan, MI

Buckeye   Chase & Seymour     1836    Cincinnati, OH       used by Independent Fire Co. #3

Burlington #2    Hunneman    1848    355    Hamilton, Ont.    5 1/2"

Burr Oak    Wright    Kalamazoo, MI    10"

Butcher Boy #1    Hunneman    1832    143    Brighton, MA    Delivered to Brighton, MA; acquired by Franklin Reed; destroyed in a fire June 1972.

Butcher Boy #2    Hunneman    1852    462    Braintree, MA    Delivered

Baytown Fire Brigade    Perry    1853        Ottawa, Canada            still there

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