Fireboats of Milwaukee

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As a significant Great Lakes port there has been a need for fireboats in Milwaukee.[1]

Fireboats in Milwaukee[2]
image name entered
service		 retired notes
Milwaukee fireboat Cataract, shortly after delivery.png 1889 1903
James Foley.jpg 1893 1930
Milwaukee fireboat August Jenssen, breaking ice.png 1897 1922
1903 1952
1906 1948
Fireboat Torrent in Two Harbors, Minnesota, circa 1910.png 1922 1949 Presviously served a private railroad in Two Harbors, Minnesota[3]
Deluge 1949 1984 [4][5][6][7]
1963 1984 Initially powered by waterjets, her propulsion had to be converted to conventional propellers.[8]
1984 1993 This was a military surplus amphibious truck
Milwaukee Fire Department boat 5569.jpg 2007 Metalcraft Marine 36' fireboat

References[]

  1. ^ Michael Horne (2018-02-22). "Third Ward Firehouse Conversion Approved: 1915 riverfront building at foot of Water Street Bridge to become three unit "family retreat."". . Retrieved 2018-02-23. The old building served as the headquarters of the city’s water-borne fire fighting fleet, and for other municipal functions. Its final use was as a lifeboat station in 1984.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Milwaukee Fireboat #23 - August F. Janssen". 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-09-02.
  3. ^ Frank Alexander King (1972). The Missabe Road: The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816640836. Retrieved 2016-08-29. The other two, the William A. McGonagle and the Torrent, were somewhat unusual in that they were equipped for firefighting.
  4. ^ George Archer (1949-04-01). "Deluge Is Launched at Bay City, Mich. Is Duly Christened and Will Be Ready in May". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 25. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  5. ^ Mary Ann Cahill (1978-08-08). "Fireboat System Something Special". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 40. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  6. ^ Paul Bargren (1984-02-09). "Old city fireboat retires in October". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 12. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  7. ^ Bruce Gill (1986-03-08). "Firefighter boat called unsafe by union chief". The Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 3. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  8. ^ Wayne Mutza (2005). Milwaukee Fire Department. Arcadia Publishing. p. 105. ISBN 9780738534343. Retrieved 2018-02-23.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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