Kirkland (sidewheeler)

Kirkland
History
Name:	Kirkland
Owner:	Jackson Street Cable Railway
Route:	Lake Washington
Builder:	T.W. Lake
In service:	1888
Identification:	US Registry #14480
Fate:	1898
Status:	dismantled, hull converted to barge, transferred Alaska
General characteristics
Type:	inland steamboat
Length:	96.5 ft (29.41 m)
Beam:	19.4 ft (5.91 m)
Depth:	8.2 ft (2.50 m) depth of hold
Installed power:	steam engine, 125 hp (93 kW)
Propulsion:	sidewheels

Kirkland was a sidewheel steamboat that ran on Lake Washington from 1888 to 1898.

Career

Kirkland was built in 1888 by T.W. Lake for the Jackson Street Cable Railway Company.^[1] Once complete, Kirkland was placed on the Juanita– Kirkland–Houghton–Leschi Park route.^[1] Kirkland was considered the prestige vessel on Lake Washington at the time it was built.^[1][2] In 1889 Kirkland carried the U.S. Naval Commission on a tour of the lake when they were considering whether a shipping canal was possible. 1891 Kirkland conveyed President Benjamin Harrison around the lake when he came to Seattle.^[3][4]

Disposition

In 1898 Kirkland was dismantled, converted to a barge and sent north to Alaska.^[1]

Notes

1. Newell, ed., McCurdy Marine History, at 43.
2. Wright, E.W., Lewis & Dryden's Marine history of the Pacific Northwest, Lewis & Dryden Printing Co., Portland, OR (1895), at page 353.
3. Newell and Williamson, Pacific Steamboats, at 132.
4. Kline and Bayless, Ferryboats – A Legend on Puget Sound, at 144-145.

References

• Kline, M.S., and Bayless, G.A., Ferryboats -- A legend on Puget Sound, Bayless Books, Seattle, WA 1983 ISBN 0-914515-00-4
• Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (1966)
• Newell, Gordon R., Ships of the Inland Sea, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (2nd Ed. 1960)
• Wright, E.W., Lewis & Dryden's Marine history of the Pacific Northwest, Lewis & Dryden Printing Co., Portland, OR (1895)