George H. Williams Fireboat
by Portland Fire Department c. 1919
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Photograph of the George H. Williams, a Portland Fire Bureau fireboat, putting out a fire on the west bank of the Willamette River. Water cannons are seen in operation on both the bridge and the stern of the boat as well as on top of the mast. On the opposite bank are buildings with signs for Phoenix Paint - W.P Fuller & Company, and Blake McFall Company, as well as a sign for W.P Fuller + Co. Warehouse No. 2.
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- Description
- Photograph of the George H. Williams, a Portland Fire Bureau fireboat, putting out a fire on the west bank of the Willamette River. Water cannons are seen in operation on both the bridge and the stern of the boat as well as on top of the mast. On the opposite bank are buildings with signs for Phoenix Paint - W.P Fuller & Company, and Blake McFall Company, as well as a sign for W.P Fuller + Co. Warehouse No. 2.
- Provenance
- Found in collections. A stamp on the back of the photograph backing says "Nat-Mat." The George H. Williams was Portland's first fireboat, named after Portland's then-mayor George Williams. The boat launched in 1904, and was still operating in 1927 when it was seriously damaged in a flooding event of the Willamette River. It was retired in 1928. The fire being fought is possibly a 1919 fire on Front Street (now Naito Parkway) which destroyed the Charles H. Lilly seed warehouse.
- Date
- c. 1919
- Creator
- Portland Fire Department
- Subject
- George H. Williams (fireboat)
- Fire fighters
- Fire fighting
- Fireboats
- Warehouses
- Willamette River
- Location
- Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Identifier
- ghs2096
- Contributor
- Gresham Historical Society
- Extent
- Print, Photographic
- Type
- StillImage
- Item sets
- Gresham Heritage
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