Fred A Busse City of Chicago Fireboat Sturgeon Bay is a photograph by Carol Toepke which was uploaded on June 26th, 2013.
Fred A Busse City of Chicago Fireboat Sturgeon Bay
Originally designed as a City of Chicago Fireboat, the “Fred A. Busse” was built in Bay City, Michigan in 1937 and is similar to two other fire... more
by Carol Toepke
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Fred A Busse City of Chicago Fireboat Sturgeon Bay
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Carol Toepke
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Originally designed as a City of Chicago Fireboat, the “Fred A. Busse” was built in Bay City, Michigan in 1937 and is similar to two other fire fighting vessels, the Victor Schlaeger and the Joseph Medill, constructed in Sturgeon Bay shortly after World War II. It served the Chicago Fire Department for many years and now houses a small museum dedicated to Chicago’s firefighting efforts. The Busse was named for the 32nd mayor of Chicago. Built in 1936 by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company of Bay City, Michigan, she is 92 feet in length with a beam width of 23 feet and depth of 8 feet. The Busse is depicted here as she would have looked in the early 1980s at rest along the Chicago River. Now retired from many years of hard work as an active fire boat, she now serves as a tour boat in Wisconsin's Door County.
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June 26th, 2013
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