Fireboats of Milwaukee

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As a significant Great Lakes port there has been a need for fireboats in Milwaukee.
Fireboats in Milwaukee[1]
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service
retired notes
Cataract 1889 1903
fireboat 17 1893 1930
Milwaukee fireboat August Jenssen, breaking ice.png fireboat 23 1897 1922
fireboat 15 1903 1952
fireboat 29 1906 1948
Fireboat Torrent in Two Harbors, Minnesota, circa 1910.png Torrent 1922 1949 Presviously served a private railroad in Two Harbors, Minnesota[2]
Deluge 1949 1984 [3][4][5][6]
Roamer 1963 1984
Milwaukee tried employing a giant amphibious truck as its fireboat, from 1984 to 1993.jpg fireboat 1 1984 1993 This was a military surplus amphibious truck
Milwaukee Fire Department boat 5569.jpg Phoenix 1993

See also

References

  1. "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. 
  2. 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." 
  3. 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. 
  4. 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. 
  5. 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. 
  6. 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.