Zophar Mills (fireboat)

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FDNY fireboat Zophar Mills in 1882.

The Zophar Mills was a fireboat operated by the Fire Department of New York City from 1903 to 1958.[1][2] She was the department's first iron-hulled vessel.

She was commissioned on April 14, 1883, and retired on September 4, 1934.[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.[3] Other accounts say the Abram S. Hewitt was the first fireboat to be dispatched.[1][2]

specifications[2]
length 120 ft (36.58 m)
width 25 ft (7.62 m)
draft 12 ft (3.66 m)
pumping capacity 6,000 gallons per minute

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 SHIP GRAVEYARD, ROSSVILLE, Staten Island, Forgotten NY. Retrieved on 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.”
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Clarence E. Meek (July 1954). Fireboats Through The Years. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
  3. North Brother Island, Forgotten NY. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.