Abram S. Hewitt (fireboat)
the Fire Boat, 'Abram S. Hewitt', during the 1905 Terminal Fire.
The Abram S. Hewitt was a coal-powered fireboat operated by the Fire Department of New York City from 1903 to 1958.[1][2][3] She was the department's last coal-powered vessel.
She was commissioned in October 1903, built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey and named after recently deceased former mayor Abram Hewitt.[1][2]
According to some accounts, she was the first fireboat called to the burning of the PS General Slocum, where over a thousand people lost their lives.[1][2] Other accounts say the Zophar Mills was the first fireboat to be dispatched.[4]
The boat was eventually taken to the Staten Island boat graveyard.[5]
| Length | 117 feet (36 m) |
| Width | 25 feet (7.6 m) |
| Draft | 10.5 feet (3.2 m) |
| Pumping capacity | 7,000 gallons per minute |
See also
- Fireboats in New York City
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References
- 1 2 3 "SHIP GRAVEYARD, ROSSVILLE, Staten Island". Forgotten NY. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
One of the rusting hulks, er, retired vessels is the fireboat Abram S. Hewitt, which was in active service from 1903-1958. The fireboat, named for NYC mayor Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) was built by New York Shipbuilding in Camden, NJ and launched the year the mayor died; she served in the NYC fireboat fleet until 1958. It was the last coal-burning fireboat in operation.
- 1 2 3 4 Clarence E. Meek (July 1954). "Fireboats Through The Years". Retrieved 2015-06-28.
- ↑ Brian J. Cudahy (1997). "Around Manhattan Island". Fordham University Press. pp. 112–114. ISBN 9780823217618. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
- ↑ "North Brother Island". Forgotten NY. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
- ↑ "The Boatyard - Shaun O'Boyle". oboylephoto.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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