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Name  -  Builder  -  Serial Number  -  Location  -  Piston Size  -  History

S    Button    1875    633    Seymour, IN    9 1/4'

S    Button    1886    715    Sag Harbor, NY    9"

S    Button   1890             Stockton, CA

S    Button    1860    535    Seattle, WA

S    Davis    Alexandra, VA    Sun Fire Co. Alexandra, VA, engine arrived 4/27/1851; suction engine.

S    Hunneman    1812    29    Seekonk, MA

S   Hunneman    1819    57    Savannah, GA

S    Hunneman    1819    58    Savannah, GA

S    Hunneman    1821    67    Southbridge, MA    Delivered to woolen mills.

S    Hunneman    1823    84    Somersworth, NH    Delivered to woolen mills.

S   Hunneman    1827    87    Springfield, MA    See "CHAMPION #5"

S Hunneman    1833    146    Suriname, West Indies

S    Hunneman    1836    165    St. Stephens, New Brunswick, Canada

S    Hunneman    1842    203    Sacketts Harbor, NY    5"       See Protection No. 1

S    Hunneman    1844    248    Staten Island, NY    5 1/2"    Delivered to the New Brighton section.

S    Hunneman    1848    349    St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada    4 1/2"

S    Hunneman    1855    554    San Francisco, CA    8"    Delivered to Navy Yard.

S    Hunneman    1861    658    Java, East Indies    4 1/2"    Ordered by Springfield, MA; records indicate that they did not accept delivery.
                                                                                              Shipped to Java East Indies 2 years later.

S    Hunneman    1864    671    San Francisco, CA    5 1/2"    Engine consigned to Joseph L.Friend.

S    Hunneman   1864    674    San Francisco, CA    5 1/2"    Engine consigned to Joseph L. Friend.

S    LaDue    1820    Shelburne, VT    4"

S    Rogers & Enos?    1842    Sand Lake, NY    Delivered to Lansingburgh, NY; Rebuilt by Button in 1865; to Sand Lake, NY in 1874 and still there.

S    Thayer    1810    Salisbury, MA    5"    Sold to Whitneyville, ME

S    Rumsey    1878        San Bernardino, CA                    Replaced by steam engine in 1883

S                   1785                    Salem, NC                   

S                    1817                    Salisbury, NC

S    Howe        1906                Smithfield, NC

S    Howe                                Scarborough, NY            Archville Fire Dept ; purchased from a neighboring town in 1911

S    Button    1843                    Smithfield, RI

S    Jeffers    1850s                Scottdale, PA                Crane neck engine

S.H. Watson    Vinton, IA

S.R. Spinney #14    Hunneman    1857    608    Suisan City, CA    Delivered to Boston, MA; sold to San Francisco, CA in 1861; later to Suisan City, CA; then to CA Forestry
                                                                                                       Service, Sonora, CA; returned to Susian City, CA in 1967 and still there.

S.W. Morton    Button    Springfield, MA    Delivered to Boston and Albany RR at Pittsfield, MA; to Springfield, MA VFA 1895; later to Chicopee, MA.

Saccarappa    Button    1867    585    Westbrook, ME    9 1/4"    Delivered to Bath, ME as "KENNEBEC #1"; to Brunswick, ME in 1875; to Westbrook, ME in 1926
                                                                                                     and given current name. Was last in posession of SPNEA. Now on display at the Westbrook Historical
                                                                                                     Society Museum, 26 Bridge St, Westbrook, ME

Saccarappa    Hunneman    1874    733    Westbrook, ME    5 1/2"    Delivered to Webster, MA as "CLIPPER #1"; later sold to Oriental Powderworks, Newhall, ME;
                                                                                                            sold to Westbrook, ME and given it's current name; to SPNEA; sold at auction to J.R. Hunneman Jr
                                                                                                            of Sedgwick, ME in 1991.

Safeguard    Hunneman    1880    742    Kennebunk, ME    5"

Sagadahoc     Button    1858    476    Bath, ME    10"    Delivered to Stamford, CT as "STAMFORD #2"; retired from active service in 1893; to Canaan, CT;
                                                                                        to Fall River, MA VFA in 1896 renamed "GULF STREAM"; to Torrent VFA of Bath, ME on 6/23/1919
                                                                                      and renamed "SAGADAHOC"; In 1949 parts from this engine were combined with parts from "Winnesimitt" of
                                                                                      Chelsea,MA for the sagadahoc #2 of Bath (B577) and the rest scrapped.
                                                                                      

Sagadahoc #1    Button    1888    Bath, ME    10"

Salamander #2    Hunneman    1859    631    West Roxbury, MA    5 1/2"    Sold to someone in ME.

Salamander #5    Hunneman    1817    47    Roxbury, MA

Salamandra    Hunneman    1852    439    Valparaiso, Chile    8"    Delivered to Valparaiso, as "CHILENA", name changed 2/5/1861 to current name. In service until 1901.

Salamandra    Hunneman    1856    566    Guayaquil, Ecuador     7"    at fire museum in Guayaquil, Ecuador  (2016)

Sally Blythe    Hunneman    1849     361    Annapolis, MD    6'    Engine owned by the U.S. Naval Academy.

Samual P. Gates    Button    1859    509    Ashby, MA    10"    Delivered to Merdina, NY named "CATARACT#3"; to Goffstown, NH in 1907 renamed
                                                                                                  "D.A. TAGGART";to Lowell, MA in 1908 renamed "SPINDLE CITY" to Ashby, MA in 1914 and given it's
                                                                                                   current name, still there.

San Jaun #1    Hunneman    1859    644    Matanzas, Cuba    5"

Sangamo #2    Hunneman    1857    610    Springfield, IL

Sarah Zane    Jos. Share    1844                Winchester, VA            Bult for the Rouss Fire Co., still there, Philadelphia Style engine

Secena #2    Hunneman    1854    509    Tiffin, OH    5 1/2"

Sen. Baxter    Button    1857    456    Bath, ME    10"    Delivered to Little Falls, NY as "GEN. HERKIMER"; to St. Johnsville, NY in 1873 renamed
                                                                                       "MOHAWK CHIEF"; to Portsmouth, NH in 1900 renamed "TRUE W. PRIEST"; to Bath, ME in 1919 renamed
                                                                                         current name. Still there NESVFL Champ 1920, 2021 

Seneca #4   Button      1845       Waterloo, NY

Senica    Waterman    Watkins, NY

Senica Chief    Senica Falls, NY

Seth Warner #2    Button    1859    514    Waterbury, VT    9"    Possibly "WARREN #2".

Seville #93    Button    1854    Brooklyn, NY     See "ENTERPRISE #2"

Shawsheen    Hunneman   1857    609    Mt. Desert Island, ME    6"    Delivered to Portsmouth, NH as "GOV. LANGDON #3" cost $450; sold to Bedford, MA
                                                                                                    and renamed current name; sold to Tremont, ME in 1908 for $211.60
                                                                                                    (later became part of Southeast Harbor). At Great Harbor Museum, Northeast Harbor, ME.

Shawsheen    Thayer    1826    Bedford, MA    5"

Shawsheen #1   Button    1893    Bedford, MA    7"    See Bedford #4

Shawsheen #1    Hunneman    1850    402    Andover, MA    5 1/2"    Engine scrapped in 1912.

Shawsheen #1    Button        1873            Bedford, MA               7"        traded to Maxim Co. in 1920 for a motorized engine

Shiffler #32    Rodgers        1850               Darby, PA                        originally belonged to Shiffler Hose Co. of Philadelphia, PA            

Shirley #1    Hunneman    1851    426    Shirley, MA    5"    Was on display at Bradford & Heard Insurance, Shirley, MA; now owned by the Shirley, MA Fire Dept
                                                                                               and on display there.

Siaconset #1        NY Fire Eng. Co.    1900                Nantucket, MA   

Silver Grey    Howard & Davis    Lynn, MA

Silver Grey #10    Hunneman    1807    16    Lynn, MA    Originally named "ECLIPSE #5" cost $420; turned over to Silver Gray Engine Co. #10 in 1837
                                                                                           and used by them until 1844; scrapped

Silver Grey #10    Thayer    1844    Lynn, MA    Original cost $700.00; completely rebuilt in 1851; again rebuilt by Hunneman & Co. 1856. After second rebuilding,
                                                                             nothing of the old engine remained except the bell. For all intent it was then considered a Hunneman engine.

Silver Grey #2    Button    Norwalk, CT    7 1/2"

Silver Lake    Celino, OH

Siskiyou    Hunneman    1860    653    Yreka, CA    5 1/4"

Skokie    Rumsey    1865        Skokie, IL    4"               original owner unknown, purchased by Niles Center (later changed to Skokie) in 1881 and named
                                                                                       "NILES CENTER #1"; sold to Mount Prospect, IL in 12/7/1914; name changed to "Skokie" in 1940; returned to
                                                                                        Skokie in 2009, restored and operational by the SFD,now at Heritage Museum.

Slinger                                                Slinger, WI            engine built by local blacksmith, has a Remmel Brothers Manufacturing Co. pump;
                                                                                          was in service at Kewaskum, WI; in museum at Slinger, WI
 
Sligo    Hunneman    1855    543    Pittsburgh, PA    5 1/2"

Solano #1    Hunneman    1855    555    Benecia, CA    6"    At Benecia Fire Station.

Somerville #1    Hunneman    1850    378    Somerville, MA    6 1/2"    Sold to Montreal, Canada,

Sonoma #2    Hunneman    1864    675    Upper Lake, CA    5 1/2"    Delivered to Petaluma, CA; sold to Ukiah, CA in 1881; later to Upper Lake, CA where it is now.

Souhegan #2    Hunneman    1853   470    West Rindge, NH    Delivered to Milford, NH; sold to West Rindge, NH; later scrapped.

Southern Hero #3    Hunneman    1860    660    New Ipswich, NH    Delivered to New Ipswich, NH; sold to Franklin Reed in 1944; to SPNEA;
                                                                                                            returned to New Ipswich, NH in 1991.

Southwark    Albany, NY

Southwark #11    Smith    1835    Newark, NJ    6 1/2"    Originally named "COLUMBIAN #6"; given current name in 1858, taken out of service 1860.

Southwark #38    Agnew                New York, NY

Spartan    Hunneman    1851    418    Bennington, VT    5"

Springfield Vet    Button    1863        Springfield, MA

Spouter / Block Island     Gleason & Bailey         Mystic, CT                  

Spouter #1    Smith    Detroit, MI    8 1/2"

Squannacook     Baldwin    1802    Groton, MA    5"   "See TORRENT #1"

Squwannacook #2    Gleason & Bailey    1889    Groton, MA    7 1/2"        purchased new by Groton cost $634.19; Still there

Squirt    Douglas    1875    Islesford, ME    4"

St. George #1    Hunneman    1840    191    Yarmouth, Nova Scotia    Delivered to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; sold to Port Maitland, Nove Scotia in 1880; at one time named
                                                                                                              "RESCUE"; returned to Yarmouth Fireman's museum; still there.

St. Johns    Hunneman    1853    494    Jacksonville, FL.    5"     Engine was destroyed in a fire 4/1/1854.

St. Joseph #3    Hunneman    1852    464    South Bend, IN    5 1/2"

St. Lawrence #3    Hunneman    1854    524    Hermon, NY    Delivered ti Ogdensburg, NY; later to Canton, NY; to Hermon, NY in 1908.

St. Louis #1     St. Louis, MO

St. Louis Fire Co.    Hunneman    1855    547    Belleville, IL    6 1/2"    Delivered to St. Louis, MO, sold to Belleville, IL in 1859.

St. Martinsville #1    Cowing    1860    St. Martinsville, LA

Stamford #2    Hunneman    1854    504    Stamford, CT    5 1/2"

Stamford #2    Button                                Stamford, CT    10"

Star    Jeffers    1859    Cranston, RI    9"    Delivered to Detriot, MI named "ENGINE #8"; to Iona, MI renamed "WOODBRIDGE"; to Harbor Springs, MI; to Cranston,
                                                                     RI VFA in 1898; to Westerly, RI VFA in 1912; destroyed in a fire 1950.

Star of Jamaica    Cowing    1859    Jamaica Plains, MA    11"    Delivered to Adrian, MI as PROTECTION"; sold to Lansing, MI in 1860; sold to Leslie, MI in 1870
                                                                                                       and renamed "LESLIE #1"; sold to Jamaica Plains, MA in 1908 and given it's current name.

Star of West    Racine, WI

Stark #2    Hunneman    1853    489    Lyndonville, VT    Delivered to Manchester, NH;     sold to Franklin, NH; sold to Lyndonville, VT in 1862.

State of Maine    Hunneman    1854    506    Augusta, ME    6"    Delivered to the State Prison at Thomaston, ME as "R.H.COUNCE"; now at Maine State Museum,
                                                                                                      Augusta, ME.

Stayton    Cowing    1860    Stayton, OR    Delivered to San Francisco, CA; sold to Albany, OR in 1880; acquired by Slayton, OR in 1888; still there.

Steam Yacht    Hunneman    1857     604    Egypt    6"

Stoney Creek    Button    1898    747    Stoney Creek, NY    7"       still there

Storm King    Smith       Waltham, MA    10"       Delivered to Brooklyn, NY, to Cornwell, NY, aquired by Waltham in 1922.
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Storm Lake    Button    Storm Lake IA    9 1/4"

Sucker #2    Hunneman    1852    461    Alton, IL    5 1/2'

Summerside    Cowing    1863    Summerside, Canada    6 1/2"

Sunapee    Hunneman    1824    102    Sunnapee, NH     Delivered to Claremont, NH; now at Sunapee, NH..

Susquehanna    Hunneman    1850    407    Columbia, PA    5 1/2"

Sydney #1    Hunneman    1869    705    Sydney, Nova Scotia    5'    Engine was partially destroyed.

Syphon #3    Hunneman    1847    331    Lawrence, MA    5 11/16"
 

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