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Name - Builder - Serial Number - Location - Piston Size - History
W Button 1849 Waterbury, CT
W Button 1859 500 Wilton Junction, IA 10" Delivered to St. Clair, MI.
W Button 1870 594 Westfield, WI 9" Delivered to Berlin WI.
W Button West Hartford, CT
W Button 1853 326 Waterford, NY
W Cowing 1860 Wellsville, NY
W Hunneman 1818 54 Washington, DC
W Hunneman 1818 56 West Point, NY Delivered to the Military Academy there.
W Hunneman 1820 64 Wilmington, NC
W Hunneman 1821 71 Walpole, MA Delivered to Wrentham MA mills; now at Walpole MA
1980.
W Hunneman 1821 73 Dighton, MA Delivered to Wellington, MA Cotton Mills;
Wellington, MA became Dighton, MA.
W Hunneman 1823 86 Wareham, MA
W Hunneman 1824 101 Ware, MA Delivered to the cotton mill.
W Hunneman 1825 106 Wareham, MA
W Hunneman 1825 110 Warren RI
W 1803 Wiscassett, ME There 1999.
W. H. Cook White Hall, NY
W.F. Bancon White Hall, NY
Wacantuck #1 Hunneman 1854 503 Uxbridge, MA 5"
Waltham #1 Hunneman 1816 45 Waltham, MA Delivered to Waltham Cotton mill.
Waltham #2 Hunneman 1829 130 Port Richmond, NY Delivered to a Waltham, MA cotton
mill; sold to Port Richmond, Staten Island, NY in 1904.
Wamesit #1 Hubbard
1833 Tewksbury, MA Rotary gear engine.
original cost $150; went to Lowell, MA when Lowell
annexed the Belvidere section of Tewksbury,
name changed to "BELVIDERE #10"; removed from service; returned to Tewksbury in
1934
and given it's original name.
Wamesit #3 Hunneman 1845 269 Lowell, MA Engine currently stored at the White
Mountains Power Co. Merideth, NH.
Wantastiquet #1 Hunneman 1862 664 Jamaica, VT 4" At the Jamaica, VT Fire
Station.
Ward Engine #1 Hunneman 1846 303 Charlestown, SC 6"
Ward Engine #10 Hunneman 1853 469 Charlestown, SC 7"
Ward Engine #11 Hunneman 1853 496 Charlestown, SC 6 1/2"
Ward Engine #3 Hunneman 1848 342 Charlestown, SC 6 1/2" Originally named
"AETNA".
Ward Engine #4 Hunneman 1846 304 Charlestown, SC 6"
Warner #1 Hunneman 1824 95 Warner, NH. 4 1/2" Delivered to the cotton mills.
Warren Button 1860 527 Pepperell, MA 10" Delivered to Roxbury, MA; sold to
Boston Woven Hose Co. in 1864; to Ipswich in 1865; to Pepperell, MA in 1896;
still there. NESVFL Class A Champ 1974.
Warren #12 Boston, MA
Warren #4 Hunneman 1835 164 Long Beach, CA Delivered to Charlestown, MA; sold to
Marysville, CA in 1850; to Carson City, NV in 1863;
sold to T.C. Wholbuck, San
Jose, CA; later to HFM; sold to Long Beach, CA in 1947.
Warren #4 Hunneman 1861 663 Ellsworth, ME 7" Delivered to Charlestown, MA; sold
in 1867 to Derry, NH; sold in 1916 to Plaistow, NH; still there.
Washington Button Calais, ME 10"
Washington Howard & Davis 1850 Haverhill, MA 6 1/2"
Washington Hunneman 1829 131 Georgetown, MA Delivered to Medford, MA as "JACKSON
No.3"; sold to Georgetown, MA given current name.
Washington Hunneman 1851 423 Augusta, GA 6"
Washington Jeffers 1858 Xenia, OH 10"
Washington Jeffers 1860 Greenville, SC 10" Delivered to Charleston, SC; to
Greenville in 1866.
Washington Jeffers Peabody, MA 9"
Washington Sickles New Haven, CT
Washington Wright Chicago, IL 6"
Washington Young 1840
Washington
Hanover, PA 5 3/4"
originally purchase by Baltimore FD and named "GAZELLE"; on 7/4/1848 BFD
attended a parade for the laying
of the cornerstone of the Washington Monument and the engine was renamed
"WASHINGTON"; purchased by
Hanover FC #1 used in 1856 for $450; in a museum in Hanover.
Washington #1 Button 1855
Dubuque, IA Delivered to Dubuque, IA cost $1000; sold to
Marshalltown, IA in 1872; to Blairtown IA; to State Center in 1866;
back to Dubuque in 1908
Washington #1 Button 1856 409 Mechanicsburg, PA 9 1/4"
Washington #1 Button 1857 Milford, MA 10"
Washington #1 Button 1874 625 North Kingstown, RI Delivered to Milford, MA; sold
to North Kingston, RI in 1885. NESVFL League Champ 1921,
Class A Champs 1963 and
1965.
Washington #1 Button 1858 Middlebury, VT 9"
Washington #1 Button
1874 Medford, MA 10"
Washington #1 Button Pittsfield, MA Delivered to Schaghticoke, NY; to
Pittsfield, MA in 1915.
Washington #1 Hunneman 1836 170 Provincetown, MA 5" At the Pilgrim Monument
Museum, Provincetown, MA.
Washington #1 Hunneman 1849 366 Milford, MA 5" Delivered to Milford, MA; sold to
Mendon, MA, later sold back to Milford, MA.
Washington #1 Hunneman 1854 502 Dubuque, IA 6"
Washington #1 Jeffers 1852 Brooklyn, NY
Washington #1 Jeffers Norwood, MA 9"
Washington #1 Thayer 1839 Weymouth, MA
Washington #1 Rumsey
Washington, NC
There in 1891
Washington #1 Gleason & Bailey
Slinger, WI
In museum in Slinger
Washington #1 Farnum 1847
2 Cincinnati, OH
Washington #1 P.Lyons 1813
Cincinnati, OH
Was operated by Washington FC#1; now at Cincinnati Fire Museum
Washington #16 Hunneman 1844 241 Greenfield, NH Delivered to Worcester, MA; sold
to St. Albans. VT; sold to Greenfield, NH in 1905; scrapped 1928.
Washington #2 Button 1878 659 West Quincy, MA 9 1/4" Delivered to Brookville,
MA; to W.Quincy, MA 1924; Scrapped 1942.
Washington #2 Button Rockford, IL There in 1860.
Washington #2 Cowing 1876 Georgetown, MA 9" Original owner unknown, original
name "TIGER"; bought by Newburyport, MA VFA in 1894-5; sold to
Georgetown, MA in
July 1897 and given current name; partially destroyed in a fire in 1915; remains
sold to
a Newburyport junk dealer.
Washington #2 Hunneman 1824 94 Newton, MA Purchased by the Iron Works known as
Newton Factories.
Washington #2 Hunneman 1843 225 Chelsea, MA 5 1/2'
Washington #2 Hunneman 1856 577 Delaware, OH 5" Sold in order to purchase steam
engine in 1874.
Washington #2 Hunneman 1857 602 Kennebunk, ME Delivered to Rutland, VT; to
Kennebunk, ME; destroyed in 1927.
Washington #2 Thayer Gardner, MA 7 1/2"
Washington #2 Rumsey
Washington, NC
There before 1891
Washington #20 Cowing 1860 New Orleans, LA
Washington #3 Howard & Davis 1853 Woburn, MA Traded in 1877 for hose.
Washington #3 Hunneman 1850 390 Epping, NH 6 1/2" Delivered to Medford, MA; sold
to Epping, NH in 1874.
Washington #3 Smith 1797 Newark, NJ Bucket tub; originally named "LIBERTY #1";
converted to a suction engine 1819 and given current name; sold to
Atha Company of Newark in 1851
Washington #3 Thayer 1802 Boston, MA 5"
Washington #3 Thayer 1836 Boston, MA 6 5/8" Rebuilt by Hunneman in 1845, sold in
1849.
Washington #3 Jeffers 1852 St. Louis, MO 10" Double deck engine.
Washington #4 Button 1858 Saratoga Springs, NY 10" Delivered to Lansingburg, NY;
to Saratoga Springs, NY.
Washington #5 Hunneman 1826 121 Georgetown, MA Delivered to Charlestown, MA;
traded to Hunneman and rebuilt; sold to Georgetown, MA in March 1860.
Washington #5 Smith 1830 Hartford, CT Gooseneck engine.
Washington #6 Hunneman 1855 560 Memphis, TN 8"
Washington #8 Smith
1859
Cedarburg, WI
Delivered new to Milwaukee, WI; sold to Cedarburg in 1862
Washington #9 Hunneman 1848 344 Savannah, GA Sold in 1868 as partial payment for
a steam engine.
Washington #9
Cambridge, MA
Privately owned by the Boston & Lowell Railroad.; disbanded in 1864.
Washington Volunteer Button 1855 Chicago, IL At Science and Industry Museum,
Chicago, IL.
Washington Volunteers Button 1855 381 LaCenter, WA 9 1/2" Delivered to New York,
NY; at Treemansburg, NY from 1912 to Aug. 1981; sold at auction at
Elliot, ME to
Thomas Wainwright of Bethlehem, PA
for $6000; sold to D. Blackburn of
LaCenter, WA.
in 1990, still there
Washingtonian #2 Hunneman 1847 335 Fitchburg, MA 6" Sold in 1860.
Wasloe Engine Button 1863 Bellevue, IN 9 1/2" Delivered to Virginia City, NV;
sold to Reno, NV in 1875 for $880.; sold to Bellevue, IN.
Watatic Hunneman 1842 209 Ashby, MA 5 1/2" Delivered to Newton, MA as "NONANTUM
#5"; sold to Greenville, NH lumber mill in 1873, sold Ashby, MA
in 1899 and
given current name.
Watchamaket Jeffers 1863 East Providence, RI 10" Delivered to Taunton, MA as
"UNION #1"; to Providence, RI VFA in 1889.
Water Witch American Hydraulic 1800 Waldoboro, ME Rotary type engine.
Water Witch Button 1858 489 Framingdale, NY
Water Witch Button Waterloo, IA 9 1/4"
Water Witch Button Quincy, IL
Water Witch Button Beliot, WI
Water Witch Button Janesville, WI
Water Witch Howard & Davis 1859 Bowdoinham, ME 6 1/2" Delivered to Dedham, MA;
sold in 1886 Bowdoinham, ME; to Auburn, ME;
returned to Bowdoinham in 1965.
Water Witch Smith Providence, RI
Water Witch 1798 Waldoboro, ME Bucket tub.
Water Witch Agnew
1830 Cincinnati, OH
operated by Independent FC#1, disbanded 1853; never was part of the Cincinnati
FD
Water Witch Button 1885
713 Bennington, VT
at Bennington, Museum
Water Witch #1 Hunneman 1857 606 Jacksonville, IL 6"
Water Witch #11 Bisbee & Edwards 1840 Lowell, MA 6" Delivered to Lowell Machine
Shops, Lowell, MA; disposed of in 1851.
Water Witch #2 Hunneman 1825 107 Reading, MA
Water Witch #2 Hunneman 1850 399 Niagara Falls, NY 4 1/2" At Niagara Falls
Historical Society.
Water Witch #2 Hunneman 1860 657 New Ipswich, NH 4" Sold to Franklin Reed in
1944; destroyed in a fire 1972; Remains purchased by V. Jarosz 1999.
Water Witch #2 Roberts 1854 Lee, MA 10 1/4 " Delivered to Lee, MA; sold to F.D.
Newton VFA of Southborough, MA in 1960;
sold back to Lee, MA 8/25/2001.
Water Witch #2 S.Thayer
1824 Lexington, MA 5"
Delivered new to Quincy, MA named "ADAMS#2"; sold to Lexington in 1830 and name
changed to current.
Water Witch #4 Hunneman 1832 137 Dedham, MA
Water Witch #6 Smith 1834 Providence, RI 5" Sold in 1866. Possibly a gooseneck
engine.
Water Witch #6 Thayer 1814 Providence, RI 5" Originally named "EAGLE"; sold in
1854.
Water Witch Independent #1 1830
Cincinnati, OH
Webster #13 Hunneman 1854 519 Boston, MA 5 11/16"
Weccacoe Agnew Baltimore, MD Purchased by the U.S. Army.
Western Hunneman 1853 482 Shelbourne, VT 6" Delivered to Worcester, MA as "RAPID
#2"; sold to Brattleboro, VT and given current name;
now at Shelbourne, VT.
Westminster #1 Hunneman 1855 557 Newton, MA 5 1/2" Delivered to Westminster, MA;
was at Edaville Fire Museum, S. Carver, MA; now in Newton, MA.
Westminster #1 Button
Westminster, MA
Wetumka Gleason & Bailey 1894 Warwick, RI 10" Delivered to Riverpoint Fire Co.,
Warwick, RI as "RIVERPOINT"; to Oakland Beach, RI VFA; scrapped 1940,
sold to
junk dealer for $40; last at Norwood, RI.
White Angel Button 1894 746 Amesbury, MA 10" Delivered to Salem, MA, to Everett
in 1941 renamed "CAPT HUNT"; to Amesbury, MA in 1952; still there.
Original cost
$1750. Built expressly for muster competition, never saw fire service.
White Angel Button
1855 378 Salem MA
See "MANHAN"
White Ghost Torboss 1856 New York, NY 8 1/2"
Whitehall #3 Button
Whitehall, NY
Wickwackett Cowing Greenwich, NY Delivered to Rutland, VT as "RUTLAND #1"; sold
to Greenwich, NY in 1912 and given current name.
Wide Awake Wright Chicago, IL
Willet's Point #6 Agnew New York, NY
William Hill #2 Hunneman 1859 637 North Berwick, ME Delivered to Biddeford, ME
as "PIONEER #2"; sold to N. Berwick, ME and given current name.
NESVFL 1948
Class B Champ.
Williamsburg #1 Holland 1810 Haydenville, MA 4"
Wilmington #1 Hunneman 1867 696 Wilmington, SC 6"
Wilton Wilton Junction, IA
Windham #1 Rumsey 1845 Windham Center, CT 4"
Winnacunnet #1 Button 1863 577 Hampton Beach, NH
Delivered to Michigan City, IN as "GERMANIA"; to Jackson MI; 1902
to West Manchester, NH in
1902; 1913 to Chelsea, MA; renamed "WINNISIMMETT"; 1948 to
Bath, ME renamed
"SAGADAHOC
#2"; 1950 to Georgetown, MA; 1963 to Hampton Beach and
named changed to
current name; loaned in 1968 Seabrook, NH for musters; returned
to Hampton Beach, NH in 1969;
still there.
NESVFL Champs 1917
Winnisimet Jeffers 1859 Chelsea, MA 11" Delivered to Mobile, AL as "TORRENT #5;
to Macon, GA; to Colbert, GA and renamed "DEFIANCE";
to Winnisimet VFA Chelsea,
MA in 1898; scrapped 1912.
Winona #1 Hunneman 1857 599 Winona, MN 6"
Winyah Hunneman 1850 393 Georgetown, SC 4 1/2"
Witch #4 Hunneman 1857 589 Davenport, IA 7" Destroyed by fire.
Wolverine Detroit, MI
Woodbridge Jeffers Detroit, MI
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