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The Illinois was built in the year 1888, and is the newest and most modern fire boat that floats. The Illinois is 118 feet in length, twenty-four feet in depth, and has a hold depth of twelve and a half feet. To construct and fit it out cost about $100,000.
- ↑ Josiah Seymour Currey (1912). "Chicago: its history and its builders, a century of marvelous growth (Volume v.2)". Clarke publishing Company. p. 39. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
All these so-called fireboats, however, were makeshifts. The Geyser was specially constructed as a river fireboat in 1886, chiefly through the earnest efforts of Fire Marshal Swenie. Swenie had been ordered to visit New York and other eastern cities to examine the fireboat service there. On his return the Geyser was built at an expense of $39,000. The Geyser was also used to open up the river in winter, and in 1887, she rendered splendid service in this way when the river was gorged with ice during the winter, and the flood of 1849 was likely to have been repeated.
- ↑ Bill Cosgrove (2010). "Chicago's Forgotten Tragedy". Author House. p. 118. ISBN 9781452079400 . Retrieved 2013-12-10.
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