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The ''Seth Low'' was a
The ''Seth Low'' was a fireboat
A fireboat or Fire-float Pyronaut, fire-float is a specialized watercraft with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires. The first fireboats, dating to the late 18th century, were tugboats, retrofitted with ...
built for the Brooklyn Fire Department
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in Brooklyn
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, New York
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, which operated from 1885 to 1917. Prior to her commissioning the Brooklyn Fire Department had relied on fireboats from neighboring municipality New York City
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. Unlike her opposite number of the New York City Fire Department
The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the full-service fire department of New York City, serving all Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs. The FDNY is responsible for providing Fi ...
(FDNY), which had hulls of iron, or steel, the ''Seth Low'' was a wooden-hulled vessel.
Her namesake Seth Low
Seth Low (January 18, 1850 – September 17, 1916) was an American educator and political figure who served as the mayor of Brooklyn from 1881 to 1885, the president of Columbia University from 1890 to 1901, a diplomatic representative of ...
was the 23rd mayor of Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...
from 1882 to 1885 and later served as the 92nd mayor of New York City
The mayor of New York City, officially mayor of the City of New York, is head of the executive branch of the government of New York City and the chief executive of New York City. The Mayoralty in the United States, mayor's office administers all ...
from 1902 to 1903.
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.
On 25 July 1909 ''Seth Low'' relieved , which with had been fighting a cargo fire aboard the Ward Line
The New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, commonly called the Ward Line, was a shipping company that operated from 1841 until liquidated in 1954. The line operated out of New York City's Piers 15, 16, and 17—land which later became the site ...
steamship .
See also
* Fireboats in New York CityReferences
External links
* 1885 ships Fireboats of New York City {{boat-stub