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