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- 1 2 "Fireboat for Houston". Motorboating magazine . Vol. 86, no. 1. July 1950. p. 122. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
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- ↑ Mark Lardas (2013). "The Port of Houston". Arcadia Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-4396-4428-7 . Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ↑ Fire Museum of Houston; Tristan Smith (2015). "Houston Fire Department". Arcadia Publishing. p. 46, 62, 69. ISBN 978-1-4396-5152-0 . Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ↑ "Captain Crotty sold for $50,000". Port of Houston magazine . Vol. 28. 1984. p. 29. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ↑ "Illustrated City Book of Houston". University of Michigan. 1925. p. 181. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ↑ "Rivers and Harbors". Vol. 35. University of Michigan. 1950. p. 36. Retrieved 2019-08-30.