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Name - Builder -
Serial Number - Location - Piston Size -
History
H Jeffers
1879 Hartford,
WI built by Tenny & Jeffers, it was an
odd design with double qacting, triple jointed pumps.
Was known both as "GRASSHOPPER" or as "Jeffers Folly"
H Button 1882 677 Harvard, NE 10"
H Button 1860 Hudson, OH
9" Still there
H Button 1879 660 Houlton, ME There in 1983.
H Hunneman 1823 85 Halifax, MA Delivered to the woolen mill.
H Hunneman 1824 98 Hanover, NH
H Hunneman 1829 127 Havana, Cuba Built for Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
H Hunneman 1838 181 Hamilton, OH Delivered to Fisher & Baldwin Works.
H Hunneman 1846 298 Hamburg, SC 6"
H Thayer
1809
Hopkinton, NH at
Hopkinton, NH Historical Society
H Perkins & Jones 1818 Haddonfield, NJ Duble deck engine, fourth size. Purchased
for $300 with a 3 year guarantee.
H. Lewis Bradford Howard & Davis 1850 Andover, MA 6 1/2" Delivered to Lawrence,
MA as "TIGER #3"; sold to Andover, MA VFA and
renamed current name. May have
been in Methuen, MA for a time.
H.B. Lewis Howard & Davis 1850 Andover, MA 5 1/2" Delivered to Stoughton, MA as
"ATLANTIC" or "TIGER"; sold to Lewis Mill, Walpole, MA;
sold to Andover, MA
renamed "MERRIMAC"; later to Andover VFA and given it's
current name; At
Metheun, MA VFA in 1950.
H.H. Brown Rutland, VT
H.W. Rodgers Hudson, NY
Hamilton #1 Cowing 1860 Dowagiac, MI 10" Class 2 piano style engine.
Hamilton #4 Hunneman 1847 310 Troy, NH 5 1/2" Delivered to Chelsea, MA; sold to
Troy, NH; still there.
Hancock Agnew Taunton, MA 6 1/2"
Hancock Hunneman 1804 5 Castine, ME 4" Delivered to Bath, ME as "TORRENT #2"; to
Castine, ME, renamed "HANCOCK";
scrapped by Castine in 1843.
Hancock #1 Cowing 1863 Townsend, MA Delivered to Charlestown, MA; sold to North
Bridgewater, MA (now Brockton) in 1865, in service in
Brockton
until 1908; sold
to Richard Walsh of Newbury, MA in the early 1970's; sold to Townsend, MA
1975. NESVFL Champs 1908, 1909, 1911, 1913 and 1915, Class A Champ 1977.
Hancock #10 Thayer 1802 Boston, MA 5"
Hancock #10 Thayer 1837 Boston, MA 6 1/2" Rebuilt in 1845; sold in 1849.
Hancock #128 Hunneman 1828 128 Ashburnham, MA 6" Delivered to Charlestown, MA;
sold to Reading, MA in 1870; later to Somerville, MA
VFA; to Ashburnham, MA in
1897; Class B Champions 1952, 1962, 1967, 1978,
1980, 1981, 1982, 1986,1987,
1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996,
1998, 1999 and 2000,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
Hancock #2 Hunneman 1857 585 Groveland, MA 6" Delivered to Lexington, MA; sold
to Groveland, MA in 1886; scrapped 1930.
Hancock #5 Hunneman 1845 264 Taylor Lake, TX 6" Delivered to Taunton, MA; became
property of SPNEA; sold at auction 11/10/89 to
Larry Guild, Gilford, NH ; 1993
to Edward Hawthorne of Taylor Lake, TX.
Hancock #9 Merrick & Agnew 1843 New Bedford, MA
Harrisburg Harrisburg, PA Used by Harrisburg Fire Co 1829-1838. Used by
Friendship #1 1855-1857
Hatfield Hubbard 1832 Hatfield, MA RG Rotary gear engine.
Haverhill #1 Hunneman 1834 161 Haverhill, MA
Hawaii #4 Hunneman 1867 689 Honolulu, HI 6" Destroyed in 1940.
Hay Cart Bates 1844 Pawtucket, RI 9"
See "RHODE ISLAND #1"
Hay Seed Newsham 1731 New York, NY
Haytien #1 Hunneman 1866 680 Haytien Government 5 1/2"
Haytien #2 Hunneman 1866 681 Haytien Government 5 1/2"
Haytien #3 Hunneman 1866 682 Haytien Government 5 1/2"
Haytien #4 Hunneman 1866 683 Haytien Government 5 1/2"
Hayward Hunneman 1854 526 Colchester, CT 5" Delivered to Colchester, CT;
originally purchased by Mr. Nathaniel Hayward for $850
as "WATER SPOUT #1";
later renamed current name.
Hecla Hunneman 1847 317 Wolwich, ME 5 1/2" Delivered to Pittston, ME; sold to
Randolph, ME; to Mr. Colby of Topsham, ME; to
Harold Dauphin of Bath, ME in
1976; to Wolwich, ME in 1982; back to Pittston, ME in the
1990s and still there.
Hemmingford #2 Ontario Eng. Works 1879 Hemmingford, Ouebec
Hercules #1 Hunneman 1855 556 Sedgwick, ME 5 1/2" Delivered to Farmington, NH;
to Fredrick C. Church and on display at Boit, Dalton &
Church, Boston, MA; to
J.R. Hunneman Jr. of Sedgwick, ME in 2/1996.
Hercules #2 Howard & Davis Holliston, MA 6 1/2"
Hercules #4 Smith
Newton, NJ
used by Jersey City in the 1860s; to Newton, NJ in 1864, replace in 1864; now at
Fire
Museum there
Hercules #7 Jeffers 1859 Jamestown, RI 10" Delivered to Newport, RI as "HERCULES
#1"; to Riverside, RI VFA in 1889 renamed
"NARRAGANSETT #2"; to Phillipsdale, RI
in 1906 renamed "ENTERPRISE"; to Newport, RI in
1929; now at Jamestown, RI under
current name.
Hero Button 1874 621 Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada 9 1/4"
Hero Thayer 1795 Warren, RI
Hero Thayer 1803 Warren, RI 5"
Hero #1 Hunneman 1846 294 Dedham, MA 4 1/2"
Hero #1 Thayer Dedham, MA
Hero #2 Hunneman 1852 451 Billerica, MA 4" At Billerica, MA Fire Station.
Hero #6 Thayer 1808 Boston, MA. 6 1/2"
Hero #9 Montreal, Canada Bucket tub.
Hibernia Cowing 1860 Cairo, IL
Hibernia #1 Agnew Philadelphia. PA.
Hingham #5 Thayer 1830 Hingham, MA
Hingham Vets Button Hingham, MA
Hingham Vets Smith 1856 Hingham, MA 10" Delivered to Geneva, NY; sold in 1867 to
Phelps, NY renamed "OLD OCEAN #1"; sold to
Hingham, MA VFA in 1900 for muster
purposes by the American Fire Engine Co., Seneca Falls,
NY and given current
name.
Hockanum
Rockville, CT
Holyoke #1 Button Holyoke, MA 8"
Honey Bee Smith 1856 Patchoque, NY
delivered to NYC, later to Patchogue (Long Island) NY
Honey Creek FM#1 Rumsey
1865 New Carlisle, OH 4"
Used in Rockford, IL; At Honey Creek Fire Museum. New Carlisle, PA
Honey Creek FM#2 Rumsey
1870 New Carlisle, OH 4"
Used at Golden, CO; At Honey Creek Fire Museum. New Carlisle, PA
Honolulu #1 Hunneman 1865 677 Honolulu, HI 6" Destroyed in 1940.
Hope Button Haydenville, MA 9"
Hope Newport, RI
Hope #1 Button 1854 356 Great Barrington, MA 10" There in 1991.
Hope #1 Button Hinsdale, RI
Hope #2 Agnew 1854 Lewistown, PA First class engine, cost $1300. Delivered to
Harrisburg, PA First fire 2/26/1855, rebuilt 1858; sold to
Henderson Fire Co.Lewistown, PA 7/13/1865.
Hope #2 P. Lyons 1815 Harrisburg, PA Double deck engine. Delivered 11/1/1815,
cost $1200. Capacity 2 hogheads a minute. Company owned.
Hope #3 Button 1880 666 Jackson MS 9"
Hope #6 Button 1852 Troy, NY
Hope #7 Button 1852 Troy, NY
Hope #9 Button Charleston, SC
Hope Engine Co. Hunneman 1843 227 Charleston, SC
Horicon #3 Hunneman 1858 628 Plattsburg, NY 6 1/2"
Hornet Button Oak Harbor, OH
Hornet #3 Sandusky, OH
Hornet Fire Co
Charlotte, NC
Later used by Neptune FC; there in 1845
Houghton #2 Howard & Davis 1849
Hudson, MA 5 1/2" Originally named
"HYDRAULICAN #3" delivered to Feltonsville section of
Marlborough, MA; name
changed to "EUREKA #3" in 1857, changed to #1 when
feltonsville seperated from
Marlborough and
became Hudson; replaced by button
engine in 1872 and name changed to current
name and operated as
a private company at the Houghton factory.
Hound Sag Harbor, NY
Housatonic
Waterman 1844
Pittsfield, MA 7 1/4"
Purchased new buy Housatonic Eng. Co. (formed 10.9/1844) for $680
Howard #2 Howard & Davis 1851 Belmont, MA 6 5/8"
See Belmont Eng 2
Howard #3 Hunneman 1835 163 Charlestown, MA
Howard #3 Hunneman 1850 379 San Francisco, CA 6' Engine was destroyed in the
earthquake of 1906.
Howard #34 Smith 1856 New York, NY 8"
Howard #34 Smith New York, NY 6 1/2"
Howard #7 Thayer 1837 Boston, MA 6 5/8" Rebuilt in 1845 by Hunneman; sold in
1851.
Hubbardston #2 Hunneman 1838 179 Hubbardston, MA Delivered to North Chelsea, MA
(now Revere) as "PUTNAM"; traded to Hunneman, rebuilt,
sold 5/7/1877 to
Hubbardston, MA and renmaed current.
Hudson #1 Smith Hudson, MI 9"
Hudson Engine #1 Newsham Hudson, NY
Hudson River Button 1863 578 Hudson, NY 10" Delivered to Coxsackie,NY; to
Springfield MA VFA in 1897; to the AMF in 1927.
Hunneman #1 Hunneman 1855 561 Ellsworth, ME 6 1/2" 5/12/1929 destroyed by
vandals.
Hunneman #28 Hunneman 1812 28 U.S. NAVY Engine was built for the U.S. Frigate
United States; the ship was sunk in 1861; raised & scrapped.
Hunneman #31 Hunneman 1812 31 U.S. NAVY This engine was built for the U.S.
Frigate Chesapeake; ship was captured by British, broken up for scrap 1820.
Hunneman #35 Hunneman 1814 35 U.S. NAVY Built for the U.S. Navy ship USS
Independence; scrapped 1914.
Hunneman #37 Hunneman 1814 37 U.S. NAVY Built for USS Washington; scrapped 1843.
Hunneman #53 Hunneman 1818 53 U.S. NAVY Built for the USS Macedonian; broken up
for scrap 1843.
Hunneman #7 Hunneman 1842 214 Cambridge, MA Delivered to Harvard College.
Hyde Great Barrington, MA.
Hydralion Agnew 1826 Brunswick, ME
Hydralion #8 Crockett 1852 Portland, ME
Hydrant Button
1867 Belfast, ME 9"
delivered to Bath, ME named "DELUGE#3"; to
Pittsfield, NH; to Belfast, ME in 1873 and given it's current name
Hydrant Cowing Gardner, MA
Hydrant Hunneman 1844 228 Belfast, ME 9"
Hydrant Hunneman 1859 635 Holliston, MA 5 1/2" Delivered to Framingham, MA as
"NIAGARA #3"; sold to Holliston, MA VFA and given current name.
Hydrant #1 Hunneman 1839 188 Cambridge, MA 6"
Hydrant #1 Hunneman 1846 283 Milton, MA 6 5/8" In active service until 1880s..
Hydrant #3 Hunneman 1859 638 Holliston, MA 5 1/2" Delivered to Cambridge, MA as
"CAMBRIDGE #1"; sold to Holliston, MA in 1869 for $800,
and renamed current, In
active service until 1897; still there.
Hydraulican #3 Howard & Davis 1849 Feltonsville, MA
See "HOUGHTON #2".
Hydraulion Button 1857 Bristol, RI 10" Delivered to Northfield, MN; to Bristol,
RI in 1896 and given current name.
Hydraulion A.D. Richmond
1836 Bristol, RI 5"
arrived new in Bristol in fall of 1836; taken out of service in 1896; was at
museums in New Bedford and
Dartmouth, MA, now at Hydraulion Fire Station in Bristol. Was in movie Mr. North
Hydraulion Thayer 1830 Gloucester, MA 6 1/2"
Hydraulion Chicago, IL
Hydraulion #1 Button 1855 Providence, RI
Hydraulion #2 Agnew 1830 Fall River, MA Double deck engine. Taken out of service
in 1844.
Hydralion Eng Co 8 Merrick& Agnew
1827 was a Perkins single
chamber suction engine. Company organized in 1827; number #8 in 1832; out of
service 1848,
sold/disposed of 1858-59
Hydropath Hunneman 1847 313 Brattleboro, VT 6" Originally named "VERMONT";
renamed current in 1865.
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