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ELISHA SMITH

STEAM FIRE ENGINE, No. 5.

HOUSE ON MARION STREET, EAST BOSTON.

This engine was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, at Manchester, New Hampshire. It is a double-reciprocating vertical engine, 7-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. Put into service December 24, 1867.

The weight of this engine, with the hose carriage and 500 feet of hose, as drawn to fires, is 8,650 pounds.

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John G. Phillips, in place of Augustus Blood, honorably discharged.

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MELVILLE

STEAM FIRE ENGINE, No. 6.

HOUSE ON WALL STREET.

This engine was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, of Manchester, New Hampshire. It has two steam cylinders, 8 inches in diameter, and 12-inch stroke; and two double-acting vertical plunger pumps, 4 inches in diameter, both working in the same air-chamber. At a fair working speed, it will discharge 600 gallons of water per minute. Put into service December 19, 1864.

The weight of this engine, with the hose-carriage and 300 feet of 24-inch leading hose, as drawn to fires, is 10,045 pounds.

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Thomas Young, in place of Charles O. Davis, honorably discharged.

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THOMAS C. AMORY

STEAM FIRE ENGINE, No. 7.

HOUSE ON PURCHASE STREET.

This engine was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, at Manchester, New Hampshire. Put into service July 22, 1862.

It has two steam cylinders, 8 inches in diameter, and 12-inch stroke; and two double-acting vertical plunger pumps, both working in the same air-chamber. At a fair working speed, this engine will discharge 600 gallons of water per minute.

The weight of this engine, with the hose-carriage and 300 feet of 24-inch leading hose, as drawn to fires, is 9,760 pounds.

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George W. Stoddard, transferred from Hose Company No. 1, in place of Russell

White, honorably discharged.

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