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
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[3]
Deluge 1949 1984 [4][5][6][7]
Roamer 1963 1984 Initially powered by waterjets, her propulsion had to be converted to conventional propellers.[8]
fireboat 1 1984 1993 This was a military surplus amphibious truck
Phoenix 1993

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Michael Horne. Third Ward Firehouse Conversion Approved: 1915 riverfront building at foot of Water Street Bridge to become three unit "family retreat.", Urban Milwaukee, 2018-02-22. Retrieved on 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.”
  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 on 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. Deluge Is Launched at Bay City, Mich. Is Duly Christened and Will Be Ready in May, The Milwaukee Journal, 1949-04-01, p. 25. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
  5. ↑ Mary Ann Cahill. Fireboat System Something Special, The Milwaukee Journal, 1978-08-08, p. 40. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
  6. ↑ Paul Bargren. Old city fireboat retires in October, The Milwaukee Journal, 1984-02-09, p. 12. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
  7. ↑ Bruce Gill. Firefighter boat called unsafe by union chief, The Milwaukee Sentinel, 1986-03-08, p. 3. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
  8. ↑ Wayne Mutza (2005). Milwaukee Fire Department. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738534343. Retrieved on 2018-02-23. 

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