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HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH #44
By 1915 Portsmouth fire prevention had come a long way from the days of leather
buckets and hand pumpers. These well-dressed men represented the Board of Engineers,
the equivalent of deputy fire chiefs. The strapping young William F. Woods, in
the center, was not only a long-standing city fire chief, but he also ran the
local harness shop.
HISTORIC PHOTOS of the Greater Portsmouth Area appear here weekly
OTHER FIRE LINKS
Three Devastating Downtown FIres
Early FIre Pumper
Horse Drawn Fire Engine
From HISTORIC PORTSMOUTH
Early Photographs from the Collections of Strawbery Banke
by James L. Garvin & Susan Grigg, Peter Randall Publisher
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