Historic Lewiston : Its Fire Department

Historic Lewiston : Its Fire Department

The fourth book in a series on the history of Lewiston, Maine, Historic Lewiston, from the Lewiston Historical Commission. Historic Lewiston: Its Fire Department is an 87-page overview of firefighters, firefighting, and its infrastructure in Lewiston from 1849 to the 1980s. Includes photographs and descriptions of water supplies, firefighting tools, vehicles, and stations of past and present. Describes significant social events and historic fires. Presents photographs and names of Lewiston firefighters, often associated with each person's engine, ladder, and station. Shares a timeline of events in other cities for which Lewiston firefighters provided assistance.

Contents:

Early Firefighting
Water Supplies
Alarm Systems
Fire Stations
Apparatus
Major Fires
Mutual Aid
Parades, Musters, and Socials
Dirty Mary and other Oddities
Manpower
Men Killed in Action
Firemen's Relief Association
Administration
Bureau of Fire Prevention
Emergency Reporting Communication System

Barrows, Gridley

Kirk, Geneva

Penley, Clarence E.

Central Maine Vocational Technical Institute

1989

Lagueux, Theresa

Landry, Morris

Norris, Leon

Rattigan, James

Robitaille, Paul

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Book

19th century - 20th century; Lewiston, Maine

87

Auburn, Maine

Central Maine Vocational Technical Institute

Historic Lewiston

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