The ''Governor Irwin'' was a

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operated in

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from 1878 to 1909. She was steam powered. She participated in the recovery after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. She was owned by the State of

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, she could only pump a modest 1000 gallons per minute. The ''Governor Markham'', commissioned in 1895, was a twin of the ''Governor Irwin''.

References

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