Annie M. Pence

History
Name: Anna M. Pence
Owner: La Conner Trading & Trans. Co.
Completed: 1890
Out of service: June 1895
Fate: Destroyed by fire
Notes: Hull salvaged, used to build T.W. Lake in 1896.
General characteristics
Type: inland steamboat
Tonnage: 95.15 net tons
Length: 89 ft (27.13 m)
Beam: 18.7 ft (5.70 m)
Installed power: twin steam engines, horizontally mounted
Propulsion: sternwheel

Annie M. Pence was a steamboat that ran on Puget Sound in the early 1890s.

Career

Annie M. Pence was built at Lummi Island in 1890. The boat was a sternwheeler intended to carry freight. For most of the career of Annie M. Pence, the vessel was under the command of Capt. Peter Falk, who was also one of their owners. Annie M. Pence was purchased by the La Conner Trading and Transportation Company as one of the company's first steamboats. Anna M. Pence was destroyed by a fire in June 1895. The hull was still usable, and was incorporated into the construction of the propeller steamer T.W. Lake in 1896.

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