his ashes buried at Fair Hill Burial Ground alongside the bodies of his three children. Legacy More than 6000 people viewed Blankenburg's body and attended his funeral, held at the Arch Street Methodist Church. In 1921 the City of Philadelphia contracted with the John W. Sullivan Company of New York for the construction of a 129-foot, steam-powered, all-steel fireboat to be named the Rudolph Blankenburg. The boat was launched in Elizabeth, New Jersey on August 10 of that year, sponsored by Blankenburg's widow, Lucretia, who broke a bottle of Champagne across its bow. The fireboat remained in service until 1950. That year, the Blankenburg and its running mate, the J. Hampton Moore (which was named after another mayor of Philadelphia), were replaced by a pair of diesel-powered fireboats, the Franklin and the Delaware. The Rudolph Blankenburg Elementary School in Philadelphia was built in the 1920s. References Further reading Lucretia Longshore Blankenburg, The Blankenburgs of Philadelphia, 1928 1843 births 1918 deaths 19th-century American businesspeople 19th-century American politicians American Quakers German emigrants to the United States Mayors of Philadelphia People from Lippe Philadelphia City Commissioners