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Button Fire Engines

Hand-Pumpers & Steamers
Fellow Button owners - your help is greatly needed.  Please let us know where you are by filling out our form below.  

You are also invited to make the pilgrimage back to the birthplace of the Button Engine - Waterford, NY for an exciting event honoring the Button Fire Engine.

Home of the Button Fire Engines

Friday evening, August 7, 2009 and all day
Saturday, August 8, 2009 in Waterford, New York

 

Join us for the 7th Annual Waterford Heritage Day celebrating Waterford's
rich heritage in fire protection and featuring the Button Fire Engine.  We have joined together with the Annual Concert Under the Stars to produce an exciting two day event that you will never forget!  We are thrilled to also be hosting the New England States Veteran Firemen's League for a muster competition on August 8th.  Antique fire engines from around the Northeast will be on parade, competing and on display. Come watch as Button engines take on engines of other makes on their home turf for the 2nd time in well over 100 years!

Click here for Directions

What's a Muster?  Click here to learn about Musters.

Video - Button Fire Engine in action at last year's Heritage Day 

 
   

Button Fire Engine Owners

Information Request

Participating in Heritage Day Events

We are collecting information on Button Fire Engines and Apparatus produced in Waterford, NY.  If you or your fire company own (or have owned) a Button, please take a moment to fill out the form.  We plan to add this database listing to our website.  Your privacy will be respected - personal contact information will not be published on the web.  

Please click here to add your information to the Button Database

 Camping is available for engine owners.  You must register to camp by July 18th.

Please click here if you will be bringing your Engine but not competing in the Muster at Heritage Day

Have an older Fire Engine (non-Button)?  Please click here for an invite.
Looking for a place to stay?  Here is a list of local hotels.

Standard of the Age:  A Brief History of the Button Fire Engine Works
Brad Utter, Director of the Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural Center has written a fascinating booklet on the History of the Button Fire Engine.

"Standard of the Age:  A Brief History of the Button Fire Engine Works" is available for sale now at the Museum website.  Click here to buy it now. 
 
Waterford Heritage Day is presented by:  The Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural Center with special help from The Village of Waterford and The Town of Waterford.
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