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Name - Builder -
Serial Number - Location - Piston Size -
History
P Button 1855 Palmer, MA
P Button 1860 546 Portland, OR 9 1/4"
P Button 1863 Reading, MI 10"
P Button 1856
433 Pittsburg, PA
P Button 1891
734 Philadelphia, PA 9"
delivered to Wayne, PA named "RANDOR"; to Southhampton, PA; to Philadelphia Fire
Museum
P Hunneman 1805 9 Petersburg, VA
P Hunneman 1814 34 Portsmouth, NH
P Hunneman 1815 38 Pittsfield, MA Built for the Navy Yard.
P Hunneman 1821 70 Portsmouth, NH Built for the Navy Yard.
P Hunneman 1835 159 Puerto Rico Shipped from Newburyport.
P 1760s
Portland, ME engine purchased in the
1760s housed in new engine house on Middle St in the Town of Falmouth, MA now
the
pininsula section of the
City of Portland. This engine was placed on some sort os Casson to be take to
fires. The
engine and engine house were destroyed during
the Revolutionary War on 0/23/1775 when the British navy with 4
vessels can into
the Harbor and fired upon the town and sailors came
ashore and set fire to the town of Falmouth
destroying nearly 3/4 of the town
(all info & maps on record in Maine Historical Society and PFD)
P.G. Six Portland, OR
Pacific Button Augusta, GA 10"
Pacific Button Central Falls, RI. 10"
Pacific Button Manchester, VT 9 5/8"
to Chicopee, MA; to Manchester, VT, was in firehouse
basement 1943
Pacific Howard & Davis 1850 Brockton, MA 5 1/2" Delivered to Stoughton, MA ;
sold to Montello, MA (Brockton); scrapped in 1929.
Pacific Jeffers Manchester, VT 10"
Pacific
1844
Cincinnati, OH
operated by Northern FC#7
Pacific Factory Point, NY
Pacific #1 Button 1854 Chicopee, MA 10" Delivered to Waterloo, NY
named "SENECA #4"; to New London, CT in 1897; purchased by
Chicopee, MA VFA in July 1901 from Harry Holmes of New London, CT.
and renamed
"CHICOPEE VET" later changed to
"CITY OF CHICOPEE" Could have
been "NEW LONDON" from
New London, CT at one time; acquired by SPNEA
in 1942; It was
purchased at auction and donated
back to Chicopee, MA Fire Dept and restored in
1990.
given original name Currently on display in
Chicopee, MA.
Pacific #2 Button Chicopee, MA 9"
Pacific #2 Hunneman 1853 483 Middletown, CT 6"
Pacific #3 Hunneman 1866 686 Scottsdale, AZ 5" Delivered to Camden, ME; once
owned by Mrs. E.S. Oberton of West Rockport, ME; now
at the Hall of Flame,
Scottsdale, AZ.
Pacific #4 Button 1858 Ludlow, MA 10" Delivered to Augusta, ME; to West Paris,
ME; to a private individual; to Lincoln, ME; descovered in
Lawrance MA around
1900; to Ludlow, MA in 1909, there until 1940; to SPNEA; to B. Blackadar of
Framingham, MA in 1989.
Pacific #8 Jeffers 1858 Dayton, OH 10"
Pacific #9 Hunneman 1854 537 South Paris, ME 6 1/2" Delivered to Portland, ME
1/2/1855 cost $1250; company disbanded 1/1/1865;
sold to South Paris, ME in
1866; still there.
Pacific #28 Smith
New York, NY
Pacific Eng Co. 1 Gleason & Bailey
Manchester, VT
There
Palmer
Kinderhook, NY
Palmeto Button 1859 501 Columbus, SC 10"
Palmetto
Hunneman 1842 219
Charleston, SC
Palmetto Fire Co. Hunneman 1868 651 Charleston, SC 6 1/2" Destroyed by fire from
a gunboat.
Papeete Hunneman 1852 452 Columbia, CA 7" Delivered to Brooklyn, NY as "PHENIX
#12"; traded in 1855 to Hunneman; sold 1856 to King
Kama-ha-maha of the Sandwich
Islands (now Hawaiian Islands), named current name and
shipped to San Francisco, CA. Crew jumped ship
upon arrival for the Gold Rush; later the
engine was put into service in San
Francisco, CA during a
large fire; 1860 it was put in
service in Columbia, CA.
Now part of the Mother Lode Restoration exhibit.
Pariree Bud Jeffers Bloomington, IL
Pasaconway Button 1855 384 Seabrook, NH
10" Delivered to Westfield, MA as
"ROUGH & READY"; to Danvers, MA in 1874 and
renamed " OCEAN #3; to Shirley, MA
1878 and renamed " L.P. WOODS"; to Clinton,
MA in 1880 and renamed "G WALTER
GOSS"; to Westminster, MA in 1882 renamed
"GEN. MILES"; to Quincy, MA in 1919 and renamed "GEN. EDWARDS"; to E. Milton MA
in 1926; to Seabrook, NH in 1948
named current name; destroyed by fire 8/28/1963.
Paskamansett Hunneman 1850 392 New Bedford, MA Delivered to Lowell, MA as
"EXCELSIOR #1"; sold to Smith Mills, New Bedford, MA
and given current name.
Passaic Hose #1
Sayre & Force 1821 Paterson, NJ
9" Purchased for $850 and put
in service on 5/29/1822, sold in 1835 to NJ Iton Co. of
Boonton, NJ;
returned to Paterson, NJ in 1882, still there, Gooseneck engine.
Patriote #1 Hunneman 1872 719 Cape Haytein 4"
Paul Revere Button 1855 375 Revere, MA 9" Delivered to Poughkeepsie, NY as
"CATARACT #2"; to Wapping Falls, NY in 1881 renamed
"J.W. JOHNSON #9"; to
Revere, MA in 1904 and given current name; to Newburyport, MA
in 1930, parts
used to restore "Tiger #6"
B#348, then scrapped.
Pegasus Douglas 1863 Arden, CA 4 1/2"
Pejepscot Button 1877 649 East Somerville, MA Delivered to Ware, MA as "OREGON";
to Otter River in 1881; to Templeton, MA; to
Topsham, ME in 1911 and given it's
current name; to Gardner, MA; to E. Somerville, MA in
1914.
Pejepscot 1847 Pejepscot, ME
Pejepscot #1 Button Topsham, ME 9 1/4" Delivered to Taunton, MA as "NIAGARA #1";
to Topsham, ME in 1896; given current name in 1912.
Pellican Button 1882 682 Pella, IN 9 1/2"
Penfield Gleason & Bailey
Penfield, PA
Penobscot #1 Hunneman 1854 534 Searsport, ME 5" Engine is at Searsport Marine
Museum.
Peoria #1 Hunneman 1846 305 Peoria, IL 5" Destroyed in 1872.
Peoria #4 Peoria, IL
Pepperell #1 Button 1858 483 Pepperell, MA 9 1/4" Delivered to Jackson, MS as
"GEM #4" to Pepperell, MA in 1880's and given current
name; to Newbury, MA in
1940; to SPNEA in 1962; to Pepperell, MA in 1989.
Pernambuco Cowing 1860 Brazil
Perseverance #13 Cowing 1860 New Orleans, LA 6 1/2"
Perseverance #4 Hunneman 1807 15 Lynn, MA Sold to Nahant, MA in 1848.
Perseverance Newsham 1763 Bethlehem, PA
Perseverance
1840
Raleigh, NC
Petersham #1 Button
1858 Petersham, MA 8" Acquired by SPNEA in 1946; sold at auction to
Petersham, MA in 1989.
Peterson #31 Jeffers 1859 Fort Monroe 10" Delivered to New York, NY; to Ft.
Monroe in 1862 or 63.
Phelps #1 Button 1851 Phelps, NY 10" Delivered to Geneva NY as "FIRE KING"; sold
to Phelps and given current name.
Phenix Thayer 1798 Topsham, ME 5" Delivered to Bowdoinham, ME; to Androscoggin
VFA Museum, Topsham, ME; now at Bowdoinham, ME.
Phil Sheridan #1 Button
1888 Sheridan, WY 10"
Purchased by Sheridan, WY in 1888; at Sheridan County Museum
Philadelphia Hose Lyons Philadelphia, PA
Phillips Academy #1 Hunneman 1822 83 Andover, MA Delivered to Phillips Academy,
Andover, MA; sold to Hunneman for a new engine H#404
in 1850.
Phillips Academy #2 Hunneman 1850 404 Andover, MA 5 1/2" At Phillips Academy.
Phineas Pendleton Button 1894 745 Searsport, ME 9"
Phoenix Button Was in Marblehead, MA; to Marlborough, MA with $300 for OKO
handtub.
Phoenix Jeffers Marblehead, MA 10"
Phoenix Thayer 1842 Dedham, MA
Phoenix #1
Sickles 1858
Norwalk, CT
Phoenix #1 Hunneman 1858 629 Norwalk, OH 6"
Phoenix #1 Van Ness
1849 Waterbury, CT
Phoenix #12 Hunneman 1855 558 Brooklyn, NY 8" This engine replaced H#452; sent
to Sandwich Islands.
Phoenix #2 Hunneman 1881 745 Richibucto, New Brunswick 5" Last hand engine
manufactured by the Hunneman Co.
Phoenix #2 Jeffers Cleveland, OH 9"
Phoenix #2 Rogers & Sons
1820s Benicia,
CA originally
owned by New York City Volunteer Dept until 1847; purchased by the Pacific
Steam
Mail
Co. for $2300 and shippind to Benici around 1862; purchased by Benicia
Vol. FD
for $2000, responded to SF Earthquake fire in1906, in service till 1923 now at
Benicia Fire
Museum
Phoenix #2 Button
Richmond, VA 10"
there in 1857
Phoenix #2
Button 1849 Nunda, NY
6"
Phoenix #3 Button 1857 Whitehall, NY 10"
Phoenix #3 Button 1857 Richmond, VA 10"
Phoenix #3 Jeffers 1858 Charleston, SC 10"
Phoenix #4 Shaw & West
Chillocothe, OH
Replaced by steam engine in 1867
Phoenix #3 Smith Hartford, CT 6 1/2"
Phoenix #4 Button
1857 462
New York, NY
to Brooklyn, NY; to Middletown, NY; to the Home Fire Insurance Co. New York, NY
Phoenix #4 Hunneman 1849 370 Augusta, GA 5 1/2"
Phoenix #4 Jeffers Cleveland, OH 9"
Phoenix #4 Newsham New Bedford, MA Delivered to Boston, MA known as "JOLLY ROPE
MAKER"; to New Bedford, MA in 1808.
Phoenix #4 1808 New Bedford, MA
Phoenix #5 Hunneman 1847 318 New Haven, CT 5 1/2" Sold in 1863.
Phoenix #5 Rodgers Detroit, MI 8"
Phoenix #5
Cambridge, MA
Phoenix #6 Thayer 1840 Newmarket, NH 6" Purchased by Brattleboro, VT; to
Londonderry, NH; to So. Weymouth,MA; to Hingham, MA; rebuilt
in 1867; to
Newmarket, NH in the 1990s.
Phoenix #6 Button 1860 Mobile, AL 10"
Phoenix #8 Hunneman 1859 648 New Orleans, LA 6" Has intakes and outlets on both
sides.
Picolet Hunneman 1857 586 Cape Haytien 4"
Pilot Agnew
1830 Cincinnati, OH
operated by Independent FC#1; company disbanded 1853; was never part of the
Cincinnati FD
Pilot #1 Hunneman 1857 588 Davenport, IA 7" Engine shipped through New Orleans,
LA then shipped up river to Davenport, IA. which took
4 weeks and 2 days.
Pilot Independent #1 1830
Cincinnati, OH
Pinball
New Boston, NH
very small engine attended a muster in Manchester, NH 10/2/1899
Pine Plug Hubbard 1833 Gardner, MA Rotary gear engine.
Pioneer Button 1845 South Hadley Falls, MA
Pioneer #1 Cowing 1860 Detroit, MI Now at Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI.
Pioneer #1 Hunneman 1857 591 Springfield, IL 5 1/2"
Pioneer #1 Jeffers 1860 Napa, CA 9" Long Stream 199' 6"
Pioneer #11 Smith 1834 Wrentham, MA Gooseneck engine; Delivered to Providence,
RI as "PIONEER #8"; sold to Wrentham, MA in 1860 and
renumbered.
Pioneer #3 Thayer Waterville, ME 5 1/2"
Pioneer #3 South Roylston, MA
Pioneer #6 Hunneman 1844 242 Cambridge, MA 6"
Pioneer Fire Co. Hunneman 1849 372 Mt. Pleasant, SC 6" Delivered to Charleston,
SC as "WASHINGTON FIRE CO"; sold to Mt. Pleasant,
SC in 1860 and given current
name.
Piscataqua Howard & Davis
1850
Salisbury Beach, MA delivered to S. Berwick,
ME; later to Portsmouth, NH; sold to a private party in
Salisbury Beach,
MA
Piscataqua Hunneman 1836 166 Exeter, NH Engine at the Exeter, NH Fire
Department.
Pistol Creek Rumsey 1882 Prineville, OR 4"
Pittsfield #1 Hunneman 1825 109 Pittsfield, ME 5" Delivered to Beverly, MA as
"BEVERLY #2"; sold to Pittsfield, ME in 1881 and given
current name.
Pittsville Geason
& Bailey 1892 Pittsville, WI
4" purchased by Pittsville in 1892 for $476; taken out
of service after 1920; purchased by
Milwaukee Museum
for $8000 in early 1980s, restored; sold back to Pittsville for $8000 in
2002
Pleasant Valley Thayer Amesbury, MA 6"
Pocahontas Button 1859 Rhinebeck, NY 10"
Pocahontas #49 Pine & Hartshorn 1853 New York, NY 7" Capstan style engine.
Pocasset #1 Hunneman 1858 612 Edgewood, RI 5 1/2" Delivered to Newmarket, NH as
"GRANITE #2"; sold to Cranston, RI. and renamed
"EDGEWOOD", to Knightsville, RI
and given current name; later back to Edgewood,
RI.
Poniente Hunneman 1864 673 Santiago, Chile 8" Received by the 3rd company of
Volunteer Firefighters in Santiago in 1864. According to
sources in Chile, this
engine carries a date of 1861. Still there in perfect working order.
Ponkapoaq #2 Hunneman 1829 132 Canton, MA
Pontoosuc Waterman Pittsfield, MA 7 1/2"
Delivered to the Pontoosuc Mills in Pittsfield, was
available to the town for firefighting
puposes
Poplin Pump #1 Hunneman 1848 345 Freemont, NH 5" Delivered to Windsor, VT as
"ASCUTNEY #2"; to Freemont, NH in 1894 and
renamed "POPLIN PUMP #1"; still
there.
Portland
1807 Portland,
ME
Wass in Massachusetts till 1820; sold in 1837
Portland #5 Crockett 1851 Portland, ME
6 1/2"
delivered to Portland 2/17/1852 cost $1200; sold 1864/65
Portland #5 Thayer 1836
Portland, ME
company organized 2/25/1837 cost $700; out of service in 1852 and sold
Potomac Hunneman 1817 50 Washington, DC Engine owned by Potomac Fire Co.;
delivered to Georgetown which became Washington, DC.
Pow Wow Button 1867 586 Framingham, MA Delivered to Bath, ME as "TORRENT #2"; to
Pittsfield, MA in 1874; back to Bath, ME in 1947
renamed "PETER NEWELL"; to
Amesbury, MA in 1953 and renamed "POW WOW"; leased
to Townsend, MA in 1975 and
renamed ECLIPSE #2"; back to Amesbury, MA in 1976;
in 1990s sold to B. Balckadar
Framingham, MA.
Powhattan
1850
Cincinnati, OH
operated by Mohawk FC#12
Premier Troy, NY
President Alleghany, PA
President Adams Hunneman 1802 2 Boston, MA Engine destroyed at a fire 2/7/1817.
Preston Pump
Howe 1890 Weirsdale, FL
At Florida Carriage Museum, Weirsdale
Pride of Attica
Rumsey
Attica, NY
Prineville Button 1885 705 Prineville, OR
Protection Jeffers
1859
Newport, RI
Protection Button Quincy, IL
Protection Jeffers Lockport, NY 10"
Protection Ann Arbor, MI
Protection Button
1857 459 N. Charleston, SC
9" Part of the Americcan LaFrance
Museum Collection, North Charleston, SC
Protection Button Janesville, MI
Protection #1
Rumsey Hudson,
NY
was at Port Washington, NY, given to the FASNY, Husdon, NY, still there
Protection #1 Thayer
1850 Billerica, MA
Protection #1 Hunneman
1841 203 Sackets Harbor, NY
5" purchased new by Sackets Harbor for $700; still there
Protection #1 Button 1853 339 Fishkill, NY 10"
There in 1985
Protection #1 Button Schenectady, NY
Protection #1 Button 1855
378 Palmer Township, PA
Delivered to Salem, Ma and named "WHITE ANGEL"; rebuilt by Flanagan & Enos,
Co.
Peabody,
MA in 1892;to N. Reading, MA in 1893 and renamed "MANHAN"; to
Mystic, CT in
1965;to Plamer Township, PA in 1973 and given current name
Protection #1 Hunneman 1858 613 Battle Creek, MI 8" Destroyed in a fire at it's
engine house.
Protection #1 Hunneman 1859 647 Houston, TX 6"
Protection #1 Jeffers 1865 Newbury, MA 10" Delivered to Jamacia, Long Island, NY
as "EXCELSIOR #2"; to Brookville, MA in 1908 and given
it's current name; loaned
to W. Quincy, MA in 1928; to Newbury, MA in 1948. NESVFL Class A
Champs 1949,
1953, 1956,1957, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989,
1992,1996,
2002, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022
Protection #1 Roberts Hartford, CT
Protection #1 Smith 1825 Detroit, MI Served 30 years.
Protection #2 Snooks
Lockport, NY
Protection #2 Button
1857 Richmond, VA
9"
Protection #2 Button 1853 329 York, ME 10" Delivered to Adrien, MI; to Quincy,
MA 1878; to Marblehead, MA named "PHOENIX" 1894; to
Amesbury, MA in 1901; to
York, ME 1928; still there.
Protection #2 Hunneman 1851 417 Bennington, VT 5"
Protection #2 Jeffers Haverhill, MA 10"
Protection #2 Smith 1824 Middletown, NY Delivered to New York City as "BLACK
JOKE #38"; to Middletown, NY and given current name.
Protection #3 Jeffers 1856 Holliston, MA
Protection #5 Smith
Patchoqua, NY
Protection #5 Hunneman 1849 375 Newport, RI Sold in 1859 for a new Jeffers
engine.
Protection #5 Smith 1830 New York, NY Also known as "OLD HONEY BEE".
Protection #5 Torboss & Van Ness 1853 Newark, NJ 8" Rebuilt and some
improvements made by Dennison; sold in 1865 for $250.
Protection #6 Button 1847 Brooklyn, NY "Originally "EAGLE #6".
Protector Agnew 1850 Brockton, MA
Protector Button Middletown, NY
Protector Howard & Davis 1851 Billerica, MA 5 1/2" Delivered to West Cambridge,
MA (Belmont); sold to Billerica, MA.
Protector Hunneman 1843 223 Nashua, NH 6" Delivered to Nashville, NH as
"NASHVILLE #1"; to Nashua, NH in 1852 and given current
name; sold in 1874.
Protector Hunneman 1852 453 Ogdensburg, NY 5" Delivered to Ogdensburg Railroad.
Protector Van Ness
1849 Waterbury, CT
also known as "WATERBURY #2"
Protector #1 Hunneman 1841 204
Belmont, MA
delivered to Watertown, MA; went to Belmont when
parts of Watertown became Belmont in
1859;
compnay disbanded in 1893
Protector #2 Hunneman 1857 597 Dorchester, MA 5 1/2" Destroyed in a fire 1866.
Protector #2 Smith 1850 New York, NY
Protector #2 Thayer 1834 Newburyport, MA 5" Cost $637.50.
Protector #2 Van Ness
Protector #2 Wright Jackson, MI
Protector #3 Jeffers 1851 Dearborn, MI Delivered to Haverhill, MA as "TIGER"; to
Rocks Village in 1873 and renamed current name; to HFM
1928. Double deck engine.
Protector #3 Jeffers 1856 Brockton, MA 10" Delivered to Mobile, AL as TORRENT
#5"; sold to N. Bridgewater, MA and given currnet name;
to Holstein, IA in 1891;
1898 re-built by American Fire Eng Co.; to Brockton, MA; NESVFL
Champ 1916.
Protector #4 Hunneman 1852 454 Brunswick, ME 5" Sold in 1871.
Protector #22 Torboss
1856
New York, NY
Providence #3 Jeffers 1849 Providence, RI 10"
Prudence Engine Co. Hunneman 1850 412 Charleston, SC 6 1/2" Originally named
"WARD ENGINE #7".
Pulaski Hunneman 1853 490 Little Rock, AK 5"
Pulaski #2 Hunneman 1850 382 Savannah, GA 6" Sold in 1872.
Pumgustuck Button 1885 704 Yarmouth, ME 9 1/4"
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