Vintage 1930’s NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT Fireboat Abram S.Hewitt 8” 10” Lot Of 3

Description

Vintage NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT Fireboat Shipped with USPS First Class Package.
These Pictures are on top quality heavy stock photo paper and are not flimsy
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This is a great Lot Of three vintage 1930’s to 1940”s original pictures of New York Fire Department’s last coal powered Fireboat that was ever in service.The Pictures also have the amazing New York skyline in the background.
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 and had a pumping capacity of 7,000 gallons per minute.
Fire Boat, 'Abram S. Hewitt', during the 1905 Terminal Fire, Hoboken, N.J. Postmarked May 9, 1908.jpg
Abram S. Hewitt in 1905.
History
United States
Name:
Abram S. Hewitt
Operator:
Fire Department of New York City
Builder:
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Launched:
July 11, 1903
In service:
1903
Out of service:
1958
Status:
Abandoned at Staten Island boat graveyard
General characteristics
Type:
Fireboat
Length:
117 feet (36 m)
Beam:
25 feet (7.6 m)
Draft:
10.5 feet (3.2 m)
Notes:
Pumping capacity 7,000 gallons per minute
She was launched on July 11, 1903, at the shipyards of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey.[4] She was commissioned in October 1903, and was named after recently deceased former mayor Abram Hewitt.