Spectators look over antique fire equipment parked on Water Street on Saturday during a 150th-anniversary observance of the Great Augusta Fire of 1865 in downtown Augusta.

Spectators look over antique fire equipment parked on Water Street on Saturday during a 150th-anniversary observance of the Great Augusta Fire of 1865 in downtown Augusta.

An American flag hangs between Winthrop, left, and Augusta ladder trucks Saturday during a 150th-anniversary observance of the Great Augusta Fire of 1865 in downtown Augusta.

The 1847 antique hand pump Hecla is loaded onto a trailer Saturday after anniversary observances of the Great Augusta Fire of 1865 in downtown Augusta.

Farmingdale firefighter Kat Currier photographs a rainbow appearing in water shooting over the Kennebec River during a 150th-anniversary observance of the Great Augusta Fire of 1865 in downtown Augusta.

Spectators look over modern fire equipment parked in the Front Street parking lot Saturday during a 150th-anniversary observance of the Great Augusta Fire of 1865 in downtown Augusta.