WOW.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: chicago craigslist boats and accessories

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Fireboats of Chicago - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireboats_of_Chicago

    According to Fire Strikes the Chicago Stock Yards the Joseph Medill and Graeme Stewart were built in the same yard in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, at the same time, and were "twins". Fred A. Busse: 1937: 1981: Converted to an excursion boat. Joseph Medill: 1948: The 1948 Joseph Medill was a sister ship to the Victor L. Schlaeger. Now wreck in Escanaba, MI

  3. Illinois (fireboat) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_(fireboat)

    American Family Educator. Retrieved 2013-12-10. The Illinois was built in the year 1888, and is the newest and most modern fire boat that floats. The Illinois is 118 feet in length, twenty-four feet in depth, and has a hold depth of twelve and a half feet. To construct and fit it out cost about $100,000.

  4. Chicago Yacht Club - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Yacht_Club

    The Chicago Yacht Club was founded in 1875 to encourage and promote the sport of yachting. In 1898, the first Race to Mackinac was held. In 1900, the club obtained its first clubhouse, the Argo clubhouse located at the Illinois Central Pier #3. Chicago Yacht Club's original Chicago to Mackinac Trophy dates to 1906.

  5. SS Eastland - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Eastland

    SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915, the ship rolled over onto its side while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. In total, 844 passengers and crew were killed in what was the largest loss of life from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.

  6. Slingerland Drum Company - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingerland_Drum_Company

    Slingerland is a United States manufacturer of drums.The company was founded in 1912 and enjoyed several decades of prominence in the industry before the 1980s. After ceasing operation in the early 1980s, Slingerland was acquired by Gibson, who briefly revived it and owned it until November 2019, before selling Slingerland to DW Drums, who announced the intention of re-launching the brand.

  7. AOL latest headlines, entertainment, sports, articles for business, health and world news.

  1. Ads

    related to: chicago craigslist boats and accessories