Eagle (steamboat)
_circa_1901.jpeg) Eagle in Elliott Bay circa 1901. | |
| 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 registered 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 was destroyed by fire.
Design and construction
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 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
Eagle was destroyed by fire in 1902 at Eagle Harbor. The vessel was replaced in service by the Florence K.
Notes
- ↑ 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
- 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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