Catalog Search Results
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 picture : b&w ; 18 x 29 cm.
Description
"Volunteer Hose 2, under Captain A.D. Cate and Lieutenant B.C. Flockton, was among the many fire companies that participated in the Third Division of the 250th Anniversary parade. Led by the Eighth Regiment Band of Salem, the fire company division included Chief Engineer Levi Flanders and two assistants, one steamer with 12 men, a hook and ladder with 15 men, two hose companies with 10 men each, one chemical company with six men, and the volunteer...
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
1 picture: b&w ; 19 x 28 cm.
Description
"The Volunteer Hose Company participated in the 250th Anniversary Parade as part of the Third Division. They were joined in the division by the Eighth Regiment Band of Salem; Marshal Levi Flanders and staff; the Steamer Lucius Beebe, No. 1 and hose wagon; Washington Hook and Ladder (with apparatus), Carter Hose Company, Melrose, Drum, Fife and Bugle Corps, Greenwood Hose Company; Wakefield Veteran Firemen's Association and the old Yale engine, as...
Pub. Date
1989
Physical Desc
4 pictures : b&w ; 6 x 5 cm. - 7 x 10 cm.
Description
"Shortly after the incorporation of the town, the town of Reading recorded their first 'bucket brigades' in the 1660s. The first engine was put into service in the early 1800s and was known as the 'Republican Extinguisher'. It was housed in a small building located on the ancient burial ground near the common. This equipment was manned by volunteers for over 25 years until the 'Black Hawk,' a tub was put into commission for the next 26 years until...
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
1 picture : b&w ; 20 x 33 cm.
Description
"Purchased from the Seagrave Fire Apparatus Co. of Ohio at a cost of $9,500, this sedan-style pumping engine was first shipped by railroad to New Orleans to the International Fire Chief's convention. After the convention, where it received considerable attention from Fire Chiefs from around the world, the engine arrived in Cambridge on October 7th. Before it was put into service on October 27, 1938, a four-hour Underwriters pump test was conducted...
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
1 picture : b&w ; 13 x 21 cm.
Description
"The Fire Department's Amoskeag Steamer works on the Nichols Ice House fire in a photo believed to be taken in 1930. The ice house was located on Main Street, Lakeside, opposite the Walton estate." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 picture : b&w ; 18 x 30 cm.
Description
"The Wakefield Fire Department replaced its 1894 Abbot-Downing hose wagon with a 1906 American LaFrance combination chemical and hose wagon it purchased at a cost of $1,450. The horse-drawn wagon carried two 30-gallon chemical tanks and 1,900 feet of hose. During the eight years it was in service, the American LaFrance responded to several major fires, including the great Chelsea fire which destroyed nearly a quarter of the city in 1908, and the February...
Pub. Date
1993
Physical Desc
1 picture : b&w ; 15 x 19 cm.
Description
"1914 Peerless Chemical and Hose Wagon (Greenwood Hose 3); 1914 Peerless Squad Wagon; 1914 Peerless Ladder Truck. In September, 1914, three new pieces of motor-driven fire apparatus were delivered to Wakefield from the Peerless Motor Company of New England at a cost of $6,445.16. With extra equipment and painting, the total cost was $7,392.69. The 1914 Peerless city-service ladder truck was the first apparatus to arrive in Wakefield on Sunday,...
11) Fire department
Pub. Date
1987
Physical Desc
3 pictures : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm. - 12 x 17 cm.
Description
"The first recorded firefighting efforts in Wakefield occurred in the 1660s with the 'bucket brigade' method of fighting fires. Residents were required to have leather buckets to carry water from brooks, ponds, or wells, form a line and pass the buckets to the fire. This method sufficed until the first fire apparatus - a four wheel, hand-drawn, hand-pumped tub - was obtained, but the buckets were still required to fight the fires. The first official...
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 picture : b&w ; 18 x 30 cm.
Description
"Wakefield's brick Central Fire Station at the corner of Crescent and Mechanic (now Princess) Streets was built in 1900 after the Hathaway Stable fire destroyed the department's two-story wooden firehouse in October 1899. The department moved into its new brick joist station on December 22, 1900. Roger Howard built the new brick fire station at a cost of $17,197.58. When new, the station had a large main room on the ground floor for the three pieces...


