Eagle (steamboat)

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 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

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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

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

## Notes

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1. ^ Newell, ed., McCurdy Marine History, at pages 60, 83, and 90.
2. ^ 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

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* 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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Propellers|

| Wood|

* Albion
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Steel|

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Purpose-built|

* City of Clinton
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* Leschi
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* Alverene
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Companies|

| Passenger
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* Angeles Brewing & Malting Co.
* Black Ball Line
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* Hansen Trans. Co.
* Hunt Bros.
* Island Trans. Co.
* Kitsap County Trans. Co.
* La Conner Trading & Trans. Co.
* McDowell Trans. Co.
* Merchants Trans. Co.
* Moe Bros.
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* Oregon Steam Navig. Co.
* Puget Sound Nav. Co.
* Pacific Coast Steamship
* Straits Steamship Co.
* Tacoma & Burton Nav. Co.
* Vashon Nav. Co.

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Towing|

Pacific Tow Boat Co.

Ferry|

* Kitsap County Trans. Co.
* Oreg. & Wash. Ferry & Nav. Go.
* Puget Sound Nav. Co.
* West Seattle Land & Improv. Co.

Shipyards|

* Crawford & Reid
* J.F. Duthie
* Holland
* King & Winge
* Lake Washington
* Moran Bros.
* Martinolich

Personnel|

* William Ballard
* Thomas Coupe
* Joshua Green
* Matthew McDowell

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| Washington|

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Oregon|

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Alaska and Yukon|

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Other|

Mackenzie River

Navboxes|

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