Eagle (steamboat)
_circa_1901.jpeg) Eagle in Elliott Bay circa 1901.
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Eagle |
| Route | Puget Sound |
| In service | 1900 |
| Out of service | 1902 |
| Identification | US registry 136812 |
| Fate | Destroyed by fire |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | inland steamboat |
| Tonnage | 40 gross, 23 net tons |
| Length | 53.8 ft (16.40 m) |
| Beam | 15.5 ft (4.72 m) |
| Depth | 5.4 ft (1.65 m) |
| Installed power | steam engine |
| Propulsion | propeller |
Eagle was a passenger steamboat built in 1900 which served on Puget Sound until it was destroyed by fire.
Design and construction
[edit]Eagle was a smaller type of steamboat called a "steam launch". The wooden vessel was built at Eagle Harbor, Washington to run on routes connecting Seattle and Bainbridge Island, Washington.[1] Eagle was 53.8 feet (16.4 m) long, beam 15.5 feet (4.7 m), and a depth of hold of 5.4. The overall size of the vessel was 40 gross tons and 23 registered tons. The vessel's US steamboat registration number was 136812.[2]
Career
[edit]Eagle was destroyed by fire in 1902 at Eagle Harbor. The vessel was replaced in service by the Florence K.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Newell, ed., McCurdy Marine History, at pages 60, 83, and 90.
- ^ U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Bureau of Statistics, Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States (for year ending June 30, 1901)
References
[edit]- Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (1966)
- U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Bureau of Statistics, Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States (for year ending June 30, 1901)
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