Seth Low (fireboat)
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The Seth Low was a fireboat built for the Brooklyn Fire Department which operated from 1885 to 1917.[1][2][3] Prior to her commissioning the Brooklyn Fire Department had relied on fireboats from neighboring municipality New York City. Unlike her opposite number of the FDNY, which had hulls of iron, or steel, the Seth Low was a wooden hulled vessel.
Her namesake Seth Low was the 23rd mayor of Brooklyn, from 1882-1885, and the 92nd mayor of New York, from 1902-1903.[2][3]
The Seth Low had a small lounge for her officers in the bows, and a small bunkroom, with four bunks, for off-duty sailors in the stern.[2]
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References
- ↑ Clarence E. Meek (July 1954). Fireboats Through The Years. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Our Firemen: The Official History of the Brooklyn Fire Department, from the First Volunteer to the Latest Appointee, 1892. Retrieved on 2015-06-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Brian J. Cudahy. Around Manhattan Island, Fordham University Press, 1997, p. 83, 86. Retrieved on 2015-06-29.