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David Campbell (1912 Fireboat)
{{cite news , url = https://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2015/12/14/david-campbell-fireboat-1927/ , title = David Campbell Fireboat, 1927 , publisher = Vintage Portland , date = 2015-12-14 , accessdate = 2017-03-19 , url-status = live , quote = The David Campbell was one of three identical fireboats built using this plan and they patrolled the Willamette River during the middle part of the 20th Century. {{cite news , url = http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/ref/collection/transportation/id/418 , title = Portland fire boat DAVID CAMPBELL, Portland, Oregon , publisher = University of Washington , accessdate = 2017-03-19 , url-status = live , quote = The DAVID CAMPBELL was a steam fireboat of steel construction. She was built at Portland in 1913. Her machinery could develop 1,200 housepower. She remained in service until 1928 (p. 224). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fireboats David Campbell, George Williams, Displaying On The Willamette River
A fireboat or Fire-float_Pyronaut, fire-float is a specialized watercraft with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires. The first fireboats, dating to the late 18th century, were tugboats, retrofitted with firefighting equipment. Older designs derived from tugboats and modern fireboats more closely resembling seafaring ships can both be found in service today. Some departments would give their multi-purpose craft the title of "fireboat" also. They are frequently used for firefighting, fighting fires on Dock (maritime), docks and shore side warehouses as they can directly attack fires in the supporting underpinnings of these structures. They also have an effectively unlimited supply of water available, pumping directly from below the hull. Fireboats can be used to assist shore-based firefighters when other water is in low supply or is unavailable, for example, due to earthquake breakage of water mains, as happened in San Francisco due to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
