EAGLE STEAM FIRE ENGINE, NO. 3. HOUSE ON WASHINGTON STREET, NEAR DOVER. This engine was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, at Manchester, New Hampshire. It is a double-reciprocating vertical engine, 71-inch diameter cylinders, 8-inch stroke; pumps 48 inches in diameter, and 8-inch stroke; will throw 500 gallons per minute. It has 4 square feet grate-surface, 219 square feet heating-surface. The weight of this engine, with the hose carriage and 500 feet of 24-inch hose, as drawn to fires, is 8,100 pounds. Put into service July 1, 1867. Winfield S. Lawrence, in place of Edward L. Barnes, honorably discharged. BARNICOAT STEAM FIRE ENGINE, No. 4. HOUSE IN SCOLLAY'S BUILDING, COURT STREET. This engine was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, at Manchester, New Hampshire. It is a double-reciprocating vertical engine, 74-inch diameter cylinders, 8-inch stroke; pumps 43-inches in diameter, and 8-inch stroke; will throw 500 gallons per minute. It has 4 square feet grate-surface, 219 square feet heating-surface. The weight of this engine, with the hose carriage and 500 feet of hose, as drawn to fires, is 8,510 pounds. Put into service November 7, 1867. John G. Duffy, in place of Edwin H. Bright, transferred to Hose Company No. 5. 3* |