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2. Fireboats of Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Built to fight fires on the site of the 1893 Chicago's World's Fair. [1] Turned over to the city when the fair closed. [1] Illinois: 1899: Chicago's first fireboat with a steel hull, instead of a wooden hull. [1] Sank during the Burlington Grain elevator fire, but was quickly refloated and put back into service. [4] Joseph Medill: 1908-06: 1947-01

3. Christopher Wheatley - Wikipedia

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   Chicago Fire Department fireboat Christopher Wheatley (2015). The Christopher Wheatley is a fireboat delivered to the Chicago Fire Department in 2011. [1] [2] [3] When she was delivered in April 2011, she was the first new fireboat to serve the city in sixty years.

4. Victor L. Schlaeger - Wikipedia

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   Chicago fire boat Victor L. Schlaeger. The Victor L. Schlaeger was a fireboat operated by the Chicago Fire Department from 1949 to 2010. [1] While the city of Chicago had once operated nine powered fireboats, in the early 20th century, towards the end of her working life the Schlaeger was Chicago's sole large fireboat.

5. James J. Versluis - Wikipedia

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   While both the tug and the Fire Department's much newer fireboat Christopher Wheatley were designed to be capable of breaking the ice on Chicago's rivers, this task falls mainly to the James J. Versluis. [6] Keeping the river's navigable is important for fire services, so fireboats can arrive quickly at waterfront fires. [7]

6. Illinois (fireboat) - Wikipedia

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   The Illinois was a fireboat operated by the Chicago Fire Department. [1] She was commissioned in 1888, and she was then described as the most powerful fireboat afloat. [2] She was one of the first fireboats to have a steel hull at a time when other fireboats were built of wood.

7. Eugene Blackmon Jr. - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago Fire Department created an annual award in Blackmon's name, given to firefighter candidates who were perceived to have shown leadership. [ 2 ] On July 31, 2017, Blackmon's family participated in the christening of new fireboat, named after Blackmon.