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caught fire. The J.H. Carlisle together with crews on land battled what was described as
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where lined with many industrial sites. The owners of these committed to pay for the construction of a fireboat provided it would be permanently stationed in the creek, as its presence reduced the cost of their fire insurance. The
Carlisle was launched in 1928 and served the city until the early
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