Strawbery Banke Presents
HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #131

After three devastating holiday fires in the early 1800s, Portsmouth invested in top-notch equipment. By 1901 the city had four steamers, a hook and ladder, an extinguisher and a supply wagon. Pumper Moses H. Goodrich #4 is on display here in front of the former Hanover St. station at the annual fireman’s muster.

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From HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
Early Photographs from the Collections of Strawbery Banke
by James L. Garvin & Susan Grigg, Peter Randall Publisher
(c) Strawbery Banke Museum . All rights reserved

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