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

T    Jeffers          1878            Texas                built by Tenny & Jeffers, it was an odd design with double acting, triple jointed pumps.
                                                                       Was known both as "GRASSHOPPER" or as "Jeffers Folly"

T    Hunneman    1810    24    Topsham, ME Said to have been dumped in a river in 1838.

T    Hunneman    1828    126    Tuscaloosa, AL

T    Hunneman    1847    332    Constantinople, Turkey    6"
 
T    Jeffers    1858     Toledo, OH    10"    In a museum.

T    Silas Davis   Troy, NY    At Rensselaer County Historical Society, Troy, NY.

T.W. Gillis    Hunneman    1824    103    Nashua, NH    Originally named "JACKSON MILL"; now at Nashua Historicial Society.

T.W. Lane    Button    1883    688    Mystic, CT    10"    Delivered to Greenville, SC as "NEPTUNE #3"; to Manchester, NH in 1903 renamed "THOMAS
                                                                                  W. LANE; to Waltham, MA in 1920 renamed "MAJOR" to Troy, NH in 1922; to Mystic, CT in
                                                                                  1967 renamed current name; NESVFL CLASS A Champ 1993.

Table Rock    Rumsey    1900        Table Rock, NE                at Table Rock Historical Society Museum

Tango Babe    Button    1859    491    Lowell, MA    12 1/2"    Delivered to Dayton, OH as "DELUGE"; to Wapekontee OH in 1897; 1898 to Somerville,
                                                                                           MA in 1898; to Gardiner, ME in 1900; 1903 to Lowell, MA in 1903 and given current name;
                                                                                             destroyed 1917.

Taniscot    Smith                                Newcastle, ME

Tekcosnew    Button    1856    Woonsocket, RI    9 1/2"    Delivered to Trenton, NJ named "UNION #1"; purchased in 1897 for $500 from Porter & Grant
                                                                                      of Waterford, NY by Woonsocket, RI and given it's current name.

Tempest    Button    1859    Battlecreek, MI    12 1/2"    Destroyed by fire.

Tempest    Button    1852    314    Framingham, MA    9"    Delivered to Adams, NY; to Lavonia, MI for $650; to B. Blackadar of Framingham, MA 1988.

Tempest    Farnum    1848   13     Cincinnati, OH                operated by Union FC#9

Tempest #1    Hunneman    1851    420   Richmond, ME    6"    Still there

Tennean    Gleason & Bailey    1886    Dorchester, MA    9"    Delivered tp Merrimacport, MA FD as "GENERAL MCLELLAN", in service till 1904; sold to
                                                                                            Dorchester, MA VFA in 1904 and given current name.; scrapped 1917.

Tennean    Hunneman    1834    160    Dorchester, MA    Delivered to Duxbury, MA as "VICTORY #5"; purchased by Dorchester VFA in 1893 renamed
                                                                                    it's current name.

Tennean    Hunneman    1835    150    Gloucester, MA    5 1/2"    Delivered to Charlestown, MA as "BUNKER HILL #2", sold to Gloucester, MA in 1867
                                                                                                for $750 renamed "TENNEAN"; in service until 1896. Attended 1 muster.

Texas                            1844                Cincinnati, OH                    operated by Marion FC#8

Texas    Farnum            1848    7            Cincinnati, OH                    operated by Marion FC#8

Texas #8    Hunneman    1852    449    Cincinnati, OH    6 1/2"   

Texas Ranger #8    Dennison    1859    Newark, NJ    8 3/4"    Sold in 1863 for $325.

The Hunker    Hunneman    1846    173    Richmond, IN    Traded for a steam fire engine 1871.

Thompson Engine    Hubbard    1832    Thompson, CT    Rotary gear engine.

Ticonic    Button    1856    560     Ellsworth, ME    10"    Delivered to Charlestown, MA as "HOWARD #3", in active service till 1864; sold to Ellsworth,
                                                                                   ME in 1864 and given current name; to Waterville ME in 1866; returned to Ellsworth in 1887, still
                                                                                   there

Tiffin #1    Tiffin, OH

Tiger    Howard & Davis    1852    548    Baldwinville, MA    6"

Tiger    Howard & Davis    1852    Gardner, MA

Tiger    Jeffers    1861    Warren, ME    11"

Tiger    Jeffers    Orono, ME

Tiger    Rochester, NY

Tiger    American Hydraulic               Hanover, PA            purchased by Hanover in 1880 for $275; at museum in Hanover

Tiger #1    Button    1882    680    Seattle, WA    9"    Now at Northwestern Mutual Fire Association Museum.

Tiger #1    Hunneman    1860    656    New Ipswich, NH    5"    Engine is at the New Ipswich Historical Society.

Tiger #1    Leslie    1852    Newmarket, NH    6"    Still in Newmarket, NH; NESVFL Class B Champs 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979,
                                                                          1984,1985 and 1997, 1999

Tiger #14    Hunneman    1857    605    Aberdeen, WA    6 5/8"    Delivered to San Francisco, CA; sold to Aberdeen, WA in 1889; now at Aberdeen
                                                                                                Museum of History. Built to a Howard & Davis pattern.

Tiger #2    Hunneman    1822    82    Milo, ME    4 1/2"    Delivered to Methuen, MA Mfg., Co. as "TORRENT"; in 1868 town of Methuen obtained engine
                                                                                     and given it it's current name; sold to Milo, ME in 1884. Now at Milo Fire Station.

Tiger #2    Hunneman    1844    243    Quincy, MA    5 1/2"    Delivered to Quincy, MA; sold to Cuba in 1882, and was lost in transit at sea.

Tiger #3    Hunneman    1846    285    Gonic, NH    5 11/16"    Delivered to Metheun, MA as "SPIGGOTT #1"; Traded to Hunneman Co. and rebuilt;
                                                                                                   sold 6/2/1881 to Gonic, NH and given it's current name.

Tiger #3    Hunneman    1849    362    Portland, ME 6 1/2"    Originally named "VOLUNTEER #3".

Tiger #3    Hunneman    1850    389    Provincetown, MA    6"    Originally named "FRANKLIN #2".

Tiger #4    Hunneman    1837    176    Hallowell, ME    5 15/16"    Retired from service in 1880. Still there.

Tiger #4    Jeffers    1861    Boothbay Harbor, ME    11"    Delivered to Lynn, MA original cost $2000; sold to US Hovey Eng. Co. of Warren, ME in 1875;
                                                                                       to W.J. Benner of Boothbay Harbor, ME in 1925.

Tiger #4    Thayer    1832    Newburyport, MA    6 3/8"

Tiger #5    Jeffers    11"

Tiger #5    Waltham, MA

Tiger #6    Hinckley & Egery                        Bangor, ME

Tiger #6    Button    1854    348    Newburyport, MA    10"    Delivered to Bangor, ME; sold to Newburyport, MA in 1894 for $200; junked in 1943.

Tiger #6    Button    Ellsworth, ME    10"
 
Tiger #6    Jeffers    Newburyport, MA

Tiger #6    Roberts    Worcester, MA
 
Tiger #7    Hunneman    1837    175    Southbridge, MA    Delivered to Boston, MA as "LAFAYETTE #18"; renamed "HOWARD #7"; then "TIGER #7";
                                                                                           sold to Southbridge, MA in 1860; restored in 1960; returned to Southbridge, MA in 1965.

Tiger #7    Thayer    1811   Boston, MA    5"

Tipton #2    Hunneman    1854    513    Logansport, IN.   5 1/2"    Delivered to Logansport, IN by canal boat; renamed "EUREKA"

Tiger #4   Jeffers    1861    Boothbay Harbor, ME    11"    Delivered to Lynn, MA; to Warren ME, in 1875 for $834; sold to W.J. Benner of Boothbay
                                                                                      Harbor, ME in 1925; to SPNEA in 1942; returned to Lynn in 1990; now on display Brooksby
                                                                                      Farm Museum Peabody, MA

Toledo #1    Toledo, OH

Toledo #7    Waterman Toledo, OH

Tombstone   Button   1881   670    Tombstone, AZ         See Willing and Able

Tom Boy    Jeffers Everett, MA    11"

Tomboy    Button    1875    Somerville, MA    Delivered to Stillwater, NY as "STILLWATER #1"; to Somerville, MA and given it's current name;
                                                                          to Everett Ma; gone by 1943

Tomochichi #7    Hunneman    1849   364    Savannah, GA    6"    Engine was manned by blacks; sold in 1872.

Torinic #3    Pittsfield, MA

Tornado    Galesbury, IL

Torrent   Button    Gardner, MA

Torrent    Button    Lee, MA    8"                 there in 1915

Torrent    Button    Northampton, MA    8"

Torrent    Button    Elmira, NY

Torrent    Howard & Davis    1853    Marlboro, NH    6 1/2"    Delivered to Lawrence, MA as "TIGER #4"; sold to Marlboro, NH and given current name;
                                                                                                    scrapped in1941; Could have also been in Stoughton, MA and or Walpole, MA.

Torrent    Hunneman    1805    8    Newbury, MA    delivered to Newbury named "BELLEVILLE J", changed to "TORRENT" in 1840, converted to suction
                                                                           engine by Leslie in 1844, replaced by Jeffers engine in 1859

Torrent    Hunneman    1840    186    Framingham, MA    5"

Torrent    Hunneman    1844    237    Boscowen, NH    4 1/2"    Boscowen was originally Fisherville, NH; this engine was destroyed in 1892 by fire.

Torrent    Hunneman    1848    339    Springfield, VT    5"    Engine is at Springfield, VT Fire Station.

Torrent    Hunneman    1849    368    Eureka, CA    5 1/2"    Delivered to Chelsea, MA; sold to San Francisco, CA; in 1863, sold to Eureka, CA in 1874;
                                                                                                now at Sequoia Park Zoo in Eureka, CA.

Torrent    Jeffers    1865    Lubec, ME    9"    Delivered to Marlborough, MA; sold to Eastport, ME in 1876; later sold to Lubec, ME in 1892 for $125.

Torrent    Jeffers    Chicago, IL

Torrent    Waterman    Chicopee Falls, MA    8"

Torrent    St. Stevens, New Brunswick, Canada

Torrent    Saratoga, NY

Torrent    Button            Circleville, OH  

Torrent    Tappen    1832            Manchester by The sea, MA           Built by Col. Ebenezer Tappen, still at MBTS.

Torrent #1    Button    1841    Whitehall, NY    8"

Torrent #1    Howard & Davis    1849 Marlborough, MA    5 1/2"    Delivered to Marlborough, MA retired from service 1869; at one point in possession of
                                                                                                  Franklin Reed; returned to in Marlborough 1998 by SPNEA

Torrent #1    Hunneman    1846    290    Leominster, MA   5"    This engine is at Leominster, MA Central Fire Station; was in Southborough from
                                                                                                    1967 - 1969 Southboro, MA VFA.

Torrent #1    Hunneman    1848    346    Leominster, MA    5"    Delivered to Leominster, MA as "UNION #2"; traded to Hunneman and rebuilt;
                                                                                                    sold May 1875 to Lyman Reform School, Westborough, MA, renamed "LYMAN";
                                                                                                    now at Leominster, MA under current name.

Torrent #1    Hunneman    1852    450    Lisbon Falls, ME    5 7/8"    Delivered to Watertown, MA; sold to Lisbon Falls, ME in 1860; sold to Bath, ME in 1946; returned
                                                                                                               to Lisbon Falls, ME in 1975; now at fire station.

Torrent #1    Hunneman    1870    712    Medway, MA    5"    Sold in 1922.

Torrent #1    Thayer    1803   Norwich,    CT    5"

Torrent #1    Thayer    1803    Wiscasset, ME

Torrent #1    Button    1872    608    Barre, VT

Torrent #1    Jeffers    1860              St. Johnsbury, VT                        delivered new to St. Johnsbury, VT

Torrent #1     Baldwin    1802    Groton, MA    5"      Originally as "TORRENT #1"; transferred to West Groton in 1885; in service from 1886-1889 when a handtub was
                                                                                      purchased from Gleason and Bailey and named "SQUANNACOOK" the "Torrent" was then returned to Groton.
                                                                                      This engine was purchased by Franklin Reed and is now owned by the Town of Groton, MA.

Torrent #10    Cleveland, OH

Torrent #12    Hunneman    1854    518    Lowell, MA   5 1/2"    Delivered to Lowell, MA as "TORRENT #12"; sold to Provincetown, MA in 1868 and given current;
                                                                                                      later sold to Acushnet, MA; later scrapped.

Torrent #12    Thayer    1840    Lowell, MA    6 1/2"

Torrent #2    Button    1855    401    Bucksport, ME    9"

Torrent #2    Button    1872    608    Barre, VT    10"

Torrent #2    Howard & Davis    1849    Haverhill, MA    5    Sold to a New Hampshire town in 1866.

Torrent #2    Hunneman    1824    100    Nashua, NH    Delivered to Dunstable, NH which became Nashua
.
Torrent #2    Hunneman    1843    226    Castine, ME    5 1/2"    Delivered to Bath, ME; sold to Castine, ME in 1850; scrapped 1960.

Torrent #2    Hunneman    1846    291    Hingham, MA    5 1/2"

Torrent #2    Hunneman    1850   388    Rangley, ME   7"    Delivered to the Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME; sold to Hallowell, ME in 1867; sold to Rangley, ME in 1895.

Torrent #2    Hunneman    1857    590    Northfield, VT    8"

Torrent #2    Watertown, OH

Torrent #2        Thayer     1827       Concord, MA          originally named "TIGER #1" rebuilt by Hunneman to a suction engine in 1851, renamed
                                                                                   "FOUNTAIN #1"; rebuilt again by Hunneman in 1871; traded to Button & Co in 1881

Torrent #3    Cowing                        Barre, VT

Torrent #3    Cowing    1860    Waterloo, NY

Torrent #3    Cowing    Clarksville, TN

Torrent #3    Howard & Davis    1850    Haverhill, MA    6"    Last used for fire purposes at Ward Hill, Haverhill, MA.

Torrent #3    Hunneman    1849    363    Peabody, MA    6 1/8"    Delivered to Danvers, MA; to Peabody, MA when South Danvers became Peabody in
                                                                                                1852; rebuilt by Hunneman in 1860; sold to Turners Falls, MA in 1883; returned to
                                                                                                Peabody, MA VFA in 1889; scrapped 1910.

Torrent #3    Jeffers    1859    Ipswich, MA   10"        See Torrent #7

Torrent #4    Hunneman    1827    125    Worcester, MA    Traded to Hunneman for H#394 in 1850.

Torrent #4    Thayer    1825    Plymouth, MA   5"    At Plymouth, MA.

Torrent #5    Hunneman     1844    249    Manchester, NH    5 1/2"    Delivered to Manchester, NH; sold to East Rochester, NH in 1861; later was
                                                                                                     returned to Manchester, NH Historical Sociery; still there.

Torrent #5    J.S. Hill    1837    Lynn, MA    Purchased for $1050.Traded in as partial payment for "Empire #5" in 1847 to E. Leslie.

Torrent #5    Leslie    1845    Gloucester, MA

Torrent #6    Hunneman    1807    18   Marblehead, MA    Engine was privately owned, town was allowed to use it, housed at the rear of Stone Church;
                                                                                            company disbanded in 1850.

Torrent #6    Hunneman    1829    135    Roxbury, MA

Torrent #6    Crockett        1846            Portland, ME        ordered in 1845 cost $660; in reserve 1855; sold 1862/63

Torrent #7    Jeffers    1859   Newburyport, MA    10"    delivered to Newburyport, MA; acquired by Ipswich, MA VFA in 1888, now at AHFEM

Tremont #12    Hunneman    1854    520    South Boston, MA   5 11/16"    Delivered to Boston, MA, later to House of Correction at South Boston.

Tremont #2    Thayer    1828    Boston, MA    6 1/2"    Rebuilt by Hunneman in 1845; sold in 1848.

Tremont #7    Roxbury, MA                                 See "ROXBURY VET"

Triecho    Hunneman    1826    116    Milton, NH    4"    Delivered to Hingham, MA as "TORRENT", sold to Great Falls Mfg. Co. of Somersworth, NH;
                                                                                         later to Milton, NH and given current name; scrapped 1941.

Triumph    Smith    1840    Waldoboro, ME    8"

Triumph #1    Hunneman    1848    350    Berwick, ME    6"    Delivered to Biddeford, ME as "PIONEER #1"; sold to Berwick, ME in 1873 and given
                                                                                           current name; NESVFL League Champ 1940.

Triumvirato #1    Hunneman    1858    621    Matanzas, Cuba 4 1/2"

Troy    Hubbard    1829    Troy, NH.

Tully #2   Hunneman    1864    672    Orange, MA    4 1/2"    At Orange, MA Historical Society.

Turin Valley    Button    1856    Germantown, OH

Tuscatucket    Hunneman    1825    111    Greenwood, RI    4"    Delivered to Providence, RI as "FIRE KING #5"; sold to Bay Mill Co. of E. Greenwich,
                                                                                               RI and given current name; sold to Greenwood VFA in 1930s, renamed "EAGLE"; to
                                                                                               Varnum Museum in 1937; returned to Greenwood VFA in 1973.

Twin Valley    Button    1865    613        Germantown, OH      9 1/4"   

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