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CTMQ > Fire Museum

Northwest Connecticut Fire Fighting Museum

May 17, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Torr it Up Torrington (Google Maps location) February, 2022 There have been over 100 breweries in Connecticut for for a few years as I write this in 2022. There had never been a museum inside a brewery - or a brewery inside a museum - in Connecticut before 2020. (I write that having no idea how true that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Fire Museum, Litchfield County, Not Really a Museum Museum, Torrington

Museum of Fire History

August 2, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Bonus Museum? Ding-Ding-Ding! Bristol (Google Maps location) June 11, 2016 I know you all have felt that indescribable rush of learning that there's a museum within a museum. There's nothing quite like that "two for one" feeling. At the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, it's even better - or at least it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Bristol, Calvin, Fire Museum, Hartford County, museum within a museum

Hockanum Hose Company Fire Museum

July 11, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

A Couple of Hosers East Hartford (Google Maps location) June 21, 2019 A funny thing happened at this little museum: I didn't take a picture of the star of the show... the Belle of the ball, Maxine. Now, getting a picture of the vintage 1940 Mack fire engine would have been very difficult, owing to the small space … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, East Hartford, Fire Museum, Free Museums, Hartford County, Tiny Museums

272. Connecticut Fire Museum

May 2, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Stop, Drop, and Roll Into This Museum Connecticut Fire Museum, East Windsor (Google Maps location) June 14, 2014 There are a lot of fire museums in Connecticut. Way more than you think - ten. Can you imaging how many fire museums there must be in, say, California? Probably nearly 100. Many of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Cars and Trucks, Damian, East Windsor, Fire Museum, Hartford County

249. Suffield Firemen’s Museum

October 10, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

I Spit Hot Fire Suffield (Google Maps location) March 29, 2013 Did you know that there are something like 10 fire museums in Connecticut? Ansonia, Bethel, Bristol, Colchester, East Windsor, Manchester, Portland, Rocky Hill, Winchester... and Suffield. Now, I have no clue how many of these are still open … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Fire Museum, Free Museums, Hartford County, Suffield

Connecticut Cellar Savers Fire Museum (Closed)

December 5, 2014 by Steve 1 Comment

”Oh Fireman, There’s Somethin’ Smoking Hot On the Beach!” Portland (Google Maps location) November 29, 2014 2019 Update: This museum has closed. I’m the rare writer who starts pages with an aside. I'm pretty sure that makes me a bad writer, but don’t tell anyone. Anyway, if you live in Connecticut and have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Cars and Trucks, Closed/Gone/Former, Damian, Fire Museum, Free Museums, Hoang, Middlesex County, Model Trains, Nudity, Portland

Connecticut Firemen’s Historical Society Museum

October 9, 2007 by Steve 4 Comments

C'mon Cheney Light My Fire! Manchester (Google Maps Location) August 2007 "Fire!" Just kidding - but it's okay to shout fire in an uncrowded website. Trust me. "Fire!" See? Nothing happens. But something IS happening in Manchester at the Cheney ("Cheenee") Fire Museum; something very good. World famous … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Cars and Trucks, cheney Brothers historic district, EdHill, Fire Museum, Hartford County, Manchester, manchester historical society, National Historic Landmarks, Town History

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