File:Foss12 ca 1915.jpg
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English: Foss #12, ca. 1915
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William T. Case Collection |
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English: Foss #12, ca. 1915 |
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English: This 43-foot tug with 14-foot beam, the Foss #12, was constructed by Gig Harbor designer/builder Robert Crawford and entered service in 1914. She was the first Foss vessel planned and ordered exclusively for towing. #12 handled so well that she was also used as a steamer assist vessel and became the area's first motorized fireboat. With a 75 horsepower gas engine, she was capable of pumping 1,000 gallons of water per minute. #12 was hired as the City of Tacoma's fireboat in 1915, a service for which Foss was paid nearly $3,000 a year. The vessel was a favored one and was skippered by Henry and Drew Foss and later by Capt."Bill" Case. She faithfully served the company as a steady workhorse until 1966. Then on July 4, 1967, the hull was towed out into the Bay and set afire as part of the celebration of the Nation's 191st year of Independence. Foss #12 literally went out in a blaze of glory. (photograph courtesy of the William T. Case collection) (Johnson & Skalley: "Foss: A Living Legend;" Skalley: "Foss: Ninety Years of Towboating" ) |
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Depicted place | Tacoma, Washington | |||||||||||||||||
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circa 1915 date QS:P571,+1915-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | black and white photograph | |||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q7674007 |
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William T. Case Collection |
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Collection: General Photograph Collection Series: TPL-8525 (Unique: 28620) |
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Source | http://search.tacomapubliclibrary.org/images/dt6n.asp?un=36&pg=2&krequest=crawford&stemming=On&phonic=&fuzzy=&maxfiles=5000 | |||||||||||||||||
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