The following is an excerpt form the book, The Town of
St. Johnsbury, by Edward T. Fairbanks - Published 1914.

In 1860 Torrent No. 1 was equipped with a new engine built in Pawtucket; the tub was 23 feet long, of mahogany and rosewood inlaid with pearl, and with silver lettering. The cylinder was 10 inches caliber, and threw three streams at a time. The men came out in new frocks of red, trimmed with blue; tri-collerd rolling collars; belts inscribed St. Johnsbury, white lettered on red ground; fire caps New York style, marked Torrent No. 1.

On July 4 that year the Torrent with 30 men, Franklin Fairbanks, Foreman, executed the best work in a trial at Montpelier and took the prize of $125. They made an excursion to Burlington and Montreal. Burlington papers remarked: "Too much cannot be said in praise of the Torrent Company of St. Johnsbury. Their excellent drill, determined and resolute look, their great strength and devotion to duty, maker them the pride not of their village only but also of the state."