Eagle (steamboat) explained

Eagle was a passenger steamboat built in 1900 which served on Puget Sound until it 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 53.8feet long, beam 15.5feet, 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

Eagle was destroyed by fire in 1902 at Eagle Harbor. The vessel was replaced in service by the Florence K.

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)

Notes and References

1. Newell, ed., McCurdy Marine History, at pages 60, 83, and 90.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=B10uAAAAYAAJ&q=Harrington&pg=PA255 U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Bureau of Statistics, Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States (for year ending June 30, 1901)