- Northern Light (sternwheeler)
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Northern Light at a pier.Career Name: Northern Light Route: Puget Sound Completed: 1898, Seattle Out of service: 1920 Identification: U.S. registry #130078 Fate: Abandoned or wrecked. General characteristics Tonnage: 265 gross, 147 registered Length: 119.8 ft (36.5 m) Beam: 22.9 ft (7.0 m) Depth: 4.1 ft (1.2 m) depth of hold Installed power: twin steam engines, horizontally mounted, 214 indicated horsepower Propulsion: sternwheel Northern Light was a sternwheel steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet and was active in the early 1900s.
Career
Northern Light was built in 1898 at Seattle. The vessel was assigned to routes on southern Puget Sound, including the Anderson Island run. Northern Light was abandoned in 1920. The engines were removed and installed in the sternwheeler Fidalgo.
References
- Affleck, Edwin L, ed. A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC (2000) ISBN 0-920034-08-X
- Findlay, Jean Cammon and Paterson, Robin, Mosquito Fleet of Southern Puget Sound, (2008) Arcadia Publishing ISBN 0-7385-5607-6
- Newell, Gordon, and Williamson, Joe, Pacific Steamboats, Bonanza Books, New York, NY (1963)
related topic: Washington State FerriesPuget Sound sternwheelers Categories:- Steamboats of Washington (state)
- Passenger ships of the United States
- Sternwheelers of Washington (state)
- Individual ship or boat stubs
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