The Governor Irwin was a fireboat operated in San Francisco, California from 1878 to 1909. She was steam-powered. She participated in the recovery after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, and was owned by the State of California. The boat could only pump a modest 1,000 U.S. gal (3,800 L) per minute.
The Governor Markham, commissioned in 1895, was a twin of the Governor Irwin.
| Length: | 86 feet (26 m) |
| Beam: | 19.5 feet (5.9 m) |
| Draft: | 10.5 feet (3.2 m) |
| Displacement: | 80 tons |
References
- ^ "San Francisco Fire Department Museum ~ Fireboats ~ Governor Irwin". Guardiansofthecity.org. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- "San Francisco Fire Department 1906 Earthquake and Fire Operations". Sfmuseum.org. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
-
"Port of San Francisco Fireboat: Governor Markham". Guardiansofthecity.org. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
Negotiations between the State of California, who owned the Port of San Francisco at that time, and the City and County of San Francisco as to who would pay for her fire protection services were never concluded. Due to this fact, there are no records in the San Francisco Fire Department of the Governor Markham's fire service.