Fireboats of Milwaukee
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As a significant Great Lakes port there has been a need for fireboats in Milwaukee.
image | name | entered service |
retired | notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cataract | 1889 | 1903 | ||
fireboat 17 | 1893 | 1930 | ||
fireboat 23 | 1897 | 1922 | ||
fireboat 15 | 1903 | 1952 | ||
fireboat 29 | 1906 | 1948 | ||
Torrent | 1922 | 1949 | Presviously served a private railroad in Two Harbors, Minnesota[2] | |
Deluge | 1949 | 1984 | [3][4][5][6] | |
Roamer | 1963 | 1984 | ||
fireboat 1 | 1984 | 1993 | This was a military surplus amphibious truck | |
Phoenix | 1993 |
See also
- Fireboats of Baltimore
- Fireboats of Boston
- Fireboats in Chicago
- Fireboats of Connecticut
- Fireboats of Detroit
- Fireboats of Duluth
- Fireboats of Houston
- Fireboats of Jacksonville, Florida
- Fireboats of Long Beach, California
- Fireboats of New Orleans
- Fireboats of New York City
- Fireboats of Philadelphia
- Fireboats of San Diego
- Fireboats of San Francisco
- Fireboats of Toronto
- Fireboats of Vancouver
References
- ↑ "Milwaukee Fireboat #23 - August F. Janssen". 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-09-02. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ship-wreck.com%2Fshipwreck%2Ffireboat%2F&date=2016-09-02.
- ↑ Frank Alexander King (1972). The Missabe Road: The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816640836. https://books.google.ca/books?id=9oc-nyt8CssC&pg=PA220&lpg=PA220&dq=fireboat+McGonagle&source=bl&ots=Unh-LC_nmz&sig=65BRAmVSRFDw8tOWltQMEDtoA7U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwicmMLct-nOAhUFax4KHUSlC64Q6AEIMjAE#v=onepage&q=fireboat%20McGonagle&f=false. Retrieved 2016-08-29. "The other two, the William A. McGonagle and the Torrent, were somewhat unusual in that they were equipped for firefighting."
- ↑ 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. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UPUZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sCMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1975,220442&dq=milwaukee+fire+department+fireboat&hl=en. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- ↑ Mary Ann Cahill (1978-08-08). "Fireboat System Something Special". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 40. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3m0aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kykEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4293,4954670&dq=milwaukee+fire+department+fireboat&hl=en. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- ↑ Paul Bargren (1984-02-09). "Old city fireboat retires in October". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 12. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aWoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AioEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5312,5275612&dq=milwaukee+fire+department+fireboat+deluge&hl=en. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
- ↑ Bruce Gill (1986-03-08). "Firefighter boat called unsafe by union chief". The Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 3. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I14bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7U4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6600,1879340&dq=milwaukee+fire+department+fireboat+deluge&hl=en. Retrieved 2012-08-24.