Cowing & Co 1859
CITIZEN #1.
from Handtub Junction, USA
CITIZEN #1.
from Handtub Junction, USA
1859 a handtub built by Cowing & Co. of Seneca Falls, New York
1859-68? delivered to Glen Falls, N.Y., then sold to Richmond, VA, and later to Augusta, GA. Survived the Civil War as a "Confederate Engine."
1868 sold to Union Springs, Alabama for the sum of $1800.
October,1897 sold to Randolph, MA. for $700 & name changed to "ALABAMA COON", with $3000 worth of restoration.
1901 sold to Stoughton, MA for $410. Interior pump repaired with a Button & Co. pump.
1905 N.E. League Champ as CITIZEN #1
1910 N.E. League Champ as Alabama Coon.
late 1940's Alabama Coon was sold to Ipswich, Massachusetts, and name changed back to CITIZEN #1
1953 mustered as Alabama Coon through the muster season
1954 it was changed back to it's original name Citizen #1.
1955-? engine ending up in Freedom Land, NY. then went to the Roth Steel Co., of Syracuse, NY and then to Tuolumne County, California.
1970, 71, 72 Grand Champion in Standard, CA. Pickering Fire Brigade.
? - 2004 currently on display in Columbia.
Most of the information for the above historical sketch came form the publication entitled "Cowing & Co. A story of their Fire Engines" published by the Seneca Falls Historical Society. This publication is available for purchase in the HJUSA General Store.
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