Springfield 1636-1886, History of Town and City, by Mason A. Green ...

620 SPRINGFIELD, 1636-1SS6.
1st. Ancient Stage-coach.
2d. Steamboat "Agavram."
1835-1860.
3cl. First Railvay Train on Boston & Albany Railroad.
THIRD DIVISION.
Assistant Marshal, Abner P. Leshure, and Aids, W. A. Withey and H. W.
Keyes.
Thompsonville Drum Corps.
Ancient Fire-warden, ivith staff of office made for the town of Springfield, 1794,
represented by G. H. Turner.
Old Firemen, represented by Geo. Grouse.
Ten men in costume of 1770.
Old Hand-engine " Torrent," of Norwich Town, Conn., 110 years old, drawn by
one horse, driven by Joseph Champ.
An Ancient Tub, on two wheels, with pumps and bars, for four men to operate
it, drawn by one horse, driven by John Clark.
Old Hand-engine "Invincible," from Thompsonville, built in 1820, drawn by
two horses, with a company of nineteen men. R. B. Wilson, secretary.
Hand-engine from New Haven, built 1825, and drawn by two horses, attended by
a company of eight men. Geo. Chamberlain, foreman.
Old Ocean Engine, No. 4, in use from 1844 to 1856, drawn by two horses, and
attended by a company of eight men. Foreman, J. McQuire.
Old Hand-engine " Torrent," of Chicopee Falls, in use since 1850, attended by
sixty men of that department. Commanded by 0. K. Batchelder,
Chief Engineer of the Chicopee Falls Fire Department,
with his assistant chief, W. H. Osgood.
Steam Fire-engine " Henry Gray," owned by the Boston & Albany Railroad,
built in 1862.
Steam Fire-engine from Chicopee Department, built in 1872, drawn by two horses,
with a company of twelve men. Foreman, W. H. Lees ; assistant
foreman, Gabriel Burn. The a\ liole under the command of
Chief Engineer Hosley, of Chicopee.
Fire Extinguisher, from Westfield, built in 1872, and drawn by two horses,
attended bv ten men, under command of George Simpson, foreman,
and Charles Allen, assistant foreman.
The company and the apparatus in the regular service of the Westfield Fire
Department.