Elsinore (steamboat)

History
Elsinore
Name:	Elsinore
Owner:	Anderson Boat Company, George Jenkins
Route:	Lake Washington, Lake Whatcom
Builder:	John L. Anderson
In service:	1900
General characteristics
Type:	steam launch
Tonnage:	less than 5 tons^[1]
Installed power:	steam engine
Propulsion:	propeller

The steam launch Elsinore operated on Lake Washington and Lake Whatcom starting in 1900.

Construction and operations

Elsinore was built by John L. Anderson on Lake Washington. Initially operated the vessel between Leschi and Madison parks on the west side of the Lake. Soon afterwards Anderson sold Elsinore to Capt. George Jenkins, who took the vessel north to Lake Whatcom. Jenkins operated Elsinore on Lake Whatcom for many years. On February 15, 1907, another steamer on Lake Whatcom, the Marguerite struck a rock and began sinking. Elsinore was able to rescue the passengers from Margarite.^[1]

Notes

1 2 Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 4, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA 1966

External links

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Ely, Arlene, Our Foundering Fathers: The Story of Kirkland, Kirkland Public Library, 1975

Lake Washington steamboats and ferries

Landings	Leschi Park Madison Park Houghton

Particular vessels	Acme Aquilo Atlanta C.C. Calkins Chehalis Cyrene Elfin Elsinore Falcon Fortuna Issaquah Katherine King County MV Kirkland (ex-Tourist II) Kirkland Lady of the Lake Hattie Hansen L.T. Haas Leschi Otter Triton Urania

Locks and canals	Hiram M. Chittenden Locks Lake Washington Ship Canal

Geographic features	Lake Washington Lake Union Black River Duwamish River Cedar River Lake Sammamish

Builders and shipyards	Lake Washington Shipyard

Steamboats in other areas	Puget Sound Lake Washington Columbia River Oregon Coast Willamette River Yaquina Bay and river Coquille River Cowlitz River Grays Harbor Chehalis River Hoquiam River Willapa Bay Columbia River (Wenatchee Reach) Lake Crescent Arrow Lakes Upper Fraser River Skeena River

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