Cowing & Co 1859

CITIZEN #1.
from Handtub Junction, USA

1859 The handtub is built by Cowing & Co. of Seneca Falls, New York.

1859-68? The handtub is 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 The handtub is sold to Union Springs, Alabama for the sum of $1800.

1897 October - The handtub is sold to Randolph, MA. for $700 & name changed to "ALABAMA COON", with $3000 worth of restoration.


Alabama Coon -c1900

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.

? - 2008 currently on display in Columbia's Main Street Firehouse

Citizen1 - Columbia 2007

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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