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The Charles A. Reed was the City of Toronto's first official fireboat. She was commissioned in 1923. Previously the privately owned T.J. Clark had provided firefighting capability.
The Charles A. Reed was used well into the 1950s and retired in 1964 and replaced by William Lyon Mackenzie.
The Charles A. Reed was deployed to fight the fire that destroyed the SS Noronic in 1949 at Pier 9.
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