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Proud History

Photo Courtesy
Al Trojanowicz

Saved from the Scrapyard

Harvey was removed from regular Fire Department service in 1995. She was then laid up at the FDNY Marine Repair Shops at the Brooklyn Navy Yard where she received minimal attention, and laid for four years basically neglected.

Declared surplus property by the City, she was placed up for auction and bought by her present owners on February 11, 1999 - 69 years to the day after Pilot Harvey was killed.

Within six months, Harvey was placed in good operating condition, making her first voyage on August 4, 1999.

She performed and pumped well, signalling the first of many new trips as a preserved historic vessel.

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The Story of
John J. Harvey

» Construction

» John J. Harvey

» A West Side Tradition

» Fires

» A Bell Boat

» Engines

» A Powerhouse

» A Mobile Pumping Station

» Saved from the Scrapyard

» Restoration

» OpSail 2000

» John J. Harvey Today

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