The New Yorker (fireboat)
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FDNY fireboat New Yorker, moored at Castle-Garden.
The New Yorker was a fireboat operated by the Fire Department of New York City from 1890 to 1931.[1][2]
Her pumps were capable of projecting 13,000 gallons per minute.[1] As the Fire Department's most powerful vessel she was considered the fleet's flagship, until her retirement in 1931, when she was replaced by the John J. Harvey
See also
- Fireboats in New York City
Media related to The New Yorker (ship, 1890) at Wikimedia Commons
References
- 1 2 Brian J. Cudahy (1997). "Around Manhattan Island". Fordham University Press. p. 83, 86. ISBN 9780823217618. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
- ↑ Clarence E. Meek (July 1954). "Fireboats Through The Years". Retrieved 2015-06-28.
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