Hand Engine Makers (American).
There were literally hundreds of hand fire
engine makers in America. Some only build one or two engines while some of the more well
know makers build hundreds of engines over many decades of operation. What follows is an
alphabetical list put together from different sources over my years of involvement in the
subject. If you have any additional information that would update this list , please let
me know and i will add it.
Name |
Location |
Dates of Operation |
# of Engines |
| Agnew, John & Co. |
Philadelphia, PA |
1820-1859 |
75 |
| Ahrens Mfg. Co |
Cincinnati, OH |
1851 |
|
| Allen, J&L |
Newark, NJ |
1852 |
1 |
| American Acme |
Emogsville, PA |
1858- |
|
| American Fire Engine Co. |
Seneca Falls, NY |
1890- |
|
| American Hydraulic |
Windsor, VT |
1828-1830's |
|
| Abbott & Downing |
Concord, NH |
|
|
| Arnold, James |
Philadelphia, PA |
1821 |
1 |
| Baker & Watson |
Baltimore, MD |
1845-1850 |
|
| Baldwin Brothers |
Winona, MN |
1900's |
|
| Baldwin, Laomi |
Groton, MA |
1802-1803 |
2 |
| Bates, Joel |
Philadelphia, PA |
1827-1844 |
25 |
| Bennett, Joseph |
Mayfield, NY |
1895- |
|
| Betts, Harlan, & Hollingsworth |
Wilmington, DE |
1840-1845 |
|
| Bisbee, A |
Boston, MA |
1836- |
3 |
| Briggs, Samuel |
Philadelphia, PA |
1791-1796 |
2 |
| Broome, Jacob |
New York, NY |
1783-1785 |
3 |
| Buckley & Merritt |
New York, NY |
1875-1878 |
|
| Button, L, & Co. |
Waterford, NY |
1841-1857 |
|
| Button, L, & Son |
Waterford, NY |
1875-1890 |
|
| Button & Blake |
Waterford, NY |
1857-1875 |
|
| Colby & Fitts |
New Boston, NH |
1896- |
|
| Cooper, John |
Windsor, VT |
1825-1826 |
|
| Cooper, Phelps & Campbell |
Windsor, VT |
1826-1828 |
|
| Cowing & Seymour |
Seneca Falls, NY |
1840-1847 |
|
| Cowing & Company |
Seneca Falls, NY |
1847-1875 |
50 |
| Cowing & Gleason |
Seneca Falls, NY |
1876-1877 |
|
| Crockett, Leonard |
Portland, ME |
1848 -1856 |
10 |
| Daboll, Ezekiel |
Canaan, CT |
1828- |
|
| Darts, S & Son |
Troy, NY |
1850- |
|
| Davis, Silas & Son |
Baltimore, MD |
1850- |
|
| Dearborn, Benjamin |
Portsmouth, NH |
1789- |
10 |
| Delano, Tim & Durfee, James |
New Bedford, MA |
1827-1830 |
|
| Deming & Son |
Salem, OH |
1890=19?? |
|
| Dennison, John, N |
Newark, NJ |
1858- |
|
| Douglas, W & B, Co. |
Middletown, CT |
1832- 1888 |
50 |
| Dousman, George |
Milwaukee, WI |
1840- |
|
| Downs, Abel |
Seneca Falls, NY |
1840-1844 |
|
| Downs & Wheeler, J. |
Seneca Fall, NY |
1844-1846 |
|
| Downs, Mynderse & Co. |
Seneca Falls, NY |
1846-1851 |
|
| Downs & Co. |
Seneca Falls, NY |
1851-1864 |
|
| Downs & Co. Mfg, Co. |
Seneca Falls, NY |
1864-1869 |
|
| Durfee, William |
New Bedford, MA |
1826-1827 |
|
| Dyer & Richmond |
New Bedford, MA |
1836 |
|
| Faber, E & F |
Pittsburgh, PA |
1837-1838 |
|
| Farnam, D.L. |
Cinninnati, OH |
1850- |
|
| Farnam, Dudley L. & F. Ranson |
Cinncinnati, OH |
1847- |
|
| Fisher, Abraham |
Claremont, NH |
1820 |
|
| Fitts, George |
Athol. MA |
1817-1819 |
2 |
| Force, C.B. & Co, |
New York, NY |
1841 |
|
| Force & Sayre |
New York, NY |
1821- |
|
| Forsaith, S. C. |
Manchester, NH |
1877- |
|
| Frothingham, T & N |
Boston, MA |
1803 |
1 |
| Gardner, M.J. |
York, PA |
1853-1855 |
|
| Gibbs, Joel |
Philadelphia, PA |
1827-1840 |
10 |
| Gibbs & Gordon |
Epharata, PA |
1867 |
|
| Gibbs & Parnell |
Philadelphia, PA |
1775-1786 |
|
| Gibbs, Richard |
Philadelphia, PA |
1775-1785 |
|
| Gleason & Bailey |
Seneca Falls, NY |
1863-1895 |
50 |
| Godfrey, A. |
Boston, MA |
1833 |
1 |
| Goulds Manufacturing Co. |
Seneca Falls, NY |
1848-1926 |
|
| Hardenbrook, Abel |
New York, NY |
1794-1802 |
15 |
| Harland, Thomas |
Norwich, CT |
1789 |
1 |
| Hartshorne, Charles E. |
New York, NY |
1860-1876 |
|
| Hartwell, Abijah |
Fitchburg, MA |
1825 |
2 |
| Hill, J.S. |
Salem, MA |
1830 |
1 |
| Hinkley & Egery |
Bangor, ME |
|
|
| Holland, Luther |
Belchertown, MA |
1810-1825 |
25 |
| Holroyd & Button |
Waterford, NY |
1882- |
|
| Howard & Davis |
Boston, MA |
1848-1860 |
50 |
| Howe, B.J.C. |
Anderson, IN |
1872-1908 |
|
| Hubbard, Asshel |
Procterville, VT |
1828- |
|
| Hunneman & Co. |
Roxbury, MA |
1796-1883 |
726 |
| Hunneman & Gay |
Roxbury, MA |
1792-1796 |
|
| Huse, Samuel |
Newburyport, MA |
1828-1830 |
5 |
| Ingraham, Samual, P |
Newburyport, MA |
1844 |
1 |
| Jackson, Daniel |
Providence, RI |
1772-1791 |
2 |
| Jeffers, William |
Pawtucket, RI |
1848-1860 |
150 |
| Jencks, Joseph |
Lynn, MA |
1650's |
1 |
| Jones, William, M. |
Baltimore, MD |
1856-1857 |
|
| Jucket, E.B. |
New Haven, CT |
1845-1855 |
|
| Kaye, Joseph |
Pittsburgh, PA |
1841- |
|
| Krause, Johann |
Old Salem, NC |
1784 |
|
| Leslie, Edward |
Newburyport, MA |
1837-1851 |
10 |
| Leverich, Daniel T. & Edward B. |
New York, NY |
1875-1881 |
|
| Lote, Thomas |
New York, NY |
1743 |
1 |
| Ludlum, Harry |
New York, NY |
1820-1821 |
3 |
| Lyon, Patrick |
Philadelphia, PA |
1792-1824 |
50 |
| Mason & Gibbs |
Philadelphia, PA |
1783-1785 |
20 |
| Mason, Phillip |
Philadelphia, PA |
1795-1805 |
125 |
| Mason, Richard |
Philadelphia, PA |
1790-1806 |
50 |
| Merrick & Agnew |
Philadelphia, PA |
1834-1860 |
25 |
| Merrick, S.V. & Co. |
Philadelphia, PA |
1819-1834 |
50 |
| Miller, Charles, A. |
New York, NY |
1875-1876 |
|
| National Hydraulic |
Procterville, VT |
1829-1837 |
15 |
| Nicholls, Anthony |
Philadelphia, PA |
1731-1732 |
2 |
| Nuttle, Adam |
Philadelphia, PA |
1795 |
|
| Paine & Caldwell |
Seneca Falls, NY |
1839-1840 |
|
| Peak & Kells |
Hudson, NY |
1849- |
|
| Perkins, Jacob (pumps) |
Newburyport, MA |
1803-1815 |
5 |
| Perkins & Bacon |
Philadelphia, PA |
1820-1822 |
|
| Perkins & Jones |
Philadelphia, PA |
1816-1820 |
|
| Perkins & Pollock |
Boston, MA |
1812 |
1 |
| Phillips & Calverly |
New York, NY |
1870-1871 |
|
| Pine & Hartshorne |
New York, NY |
1850-1860 |
5 |
| Pine, Joseph |
New York, NY |
1860-1861 |
|
| Platt, William & Co. |
Waterford, NY |
1834-1841 |
|
| Poole & Hunt |
Baltimore, MD |
|
|
| Remington Agricultural Co. |
Ilion, NY |
1870-1890 |
|
| Richmond, A.D. Hydraulic |
Philadelphia, PA |
-1800 |
10 |
| Richmond, John |
New Bedford, MA |
1829- |
|
| Roberts, A. W. |
Hartford, CT |
1853- |
7 |
| Robinson & Minis |
Pittsburgh, PA |
|
|
| Robinson, Minis & Miller |
Pittsburgh, PA |
|
|
| Robinson-Rea |
Pittsburgh, PA |
-1869 |
|
| Rodgers, John |
Albany, NY |
1851 |
|
| Rodgers & Son |
Baltimore, MD |
1850- |
50 |
| Rodman |
Mooresfield, RI |
1865- |
|
| Rumsey & Co. |
Seneca Falls, NY |
1863-1890 |
50 |
| Sampson, John |
Pittsburgh, PA |
1832- |
|
| Sellers, James |
Philadelphia, PA |
1814-1820 |
10 |
| Sellers & Pennock |
Philadelphia, PA |
1820-1827 |
|
| Selye, Lewis |
Rochester, NY |
1832-1849 |
|
| Sees, Balthaser |
Harrisburg, PA |
1797 |
1 |
| Shane, John & Joseph, & Son |
Baltimore, MD |
1844- |
1 |
| Shawk, Abel |
Cincinnati, OH |
-1855 |
|
| Sickles, John H. |
New York, NY |
1837-1855 |
|
| Siekels, J.H. |
Rochester, NY |
1837- |
|
| Silsby Manufacturing Co. |
Seneca Falls, NY |
1845-1890 |
25 |
| Skinner, Russell |
Racine, WI |
1843- |
|
| Smith, James |
New York, NY |
1810-1864 |
200 |
| Smith & Minus |
Pittsburgh, PA |
1832- |
|
| Spawn, A.F. |
New York, NY |
1872-1882 |
|
| Tappen, Edward |
Manchester, MA |
1825-1835 |
5 |
| Tarr, J. |
Albany, NY |
1851 |
1 |
| Thayer, Ephriam |
Boston, MA |
1794-1811 |
30 |
| Thayer, Stephen |
Boston, MA |
1811-1861 |
35 |
| Torboss, William, H. Co. |
New York, NY |
1850-1861 |
25 |
| Van Ness, Petitit & Co. Later Abraham Van Ness & Co. |
New York, NY |
1846-1861 |
12 |
| Van Ness & Torboss |
New York, NY |
1850- |
5 |
| Waterman, Henry |
Hudson, NY |
1845-1860 |
12 |
| Waterman, John |
Waterford, NY |
1834- |
|
| Watkins, R. |
New York, NY |
-1841 |
|
| West, Charles |
Cincinnati, OH |
1831- |
|
| Wheeler, David |
Boston, MA |
1768-1803 |
2 |
| Wheeler, Samuel |
Salem, MA |
1780 |
1 |
| Wilkinson, David |
Pawtucket, RI |
1803 |
1 |
| Worth, William E. |
SanFrancisco,C |
1855- |
|
| Wright Brothers |
Rochester, NY |
1850- |
10 |
| Young, Edward |
Philadelphia, PA |
1830-1845 |
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