Fireboats of Milwaukee

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
Fireboat 1 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."". Urban Milwaukee. 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.
  2. ^ "Milwaukee Fireboat #23 - August F. Janssen". 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-09-17.
  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.