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Fireboat No. 1

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Fireboat No. 1
Fireboat No. 1

Fireboat No. 1 is a historic fireboat on display in a permanent land installation on the waterfront in the Old Town area of Tacoma, Washington. Built in 1929, she was for more than fifty years the sole firefighting vessel for the Port of Tacoma. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1980.

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Fireboat No. 1
Ruston Way Trail, Tacoma North End

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Ruston Way Trail
98403 Tacoma, North End
Washington, United States
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