Wapama (steam schooner)

Infobox_nrhp2 | name =WAPAMA (Steam Schooner)
nhl=yes


caption = WAPAMA (Steam Schooner)
location= Richmond, California
lat_degrees = 37
lat_minutes = 54
lat_seconds = 21.07
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 122
long_minutes = 22
long_seconds = 00.26
long_direction = W
locmapin = California
area =
built =1915 [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/73000228.nl.pdf NHL Writeup] ]
architect= James H. Price; St. Helens Shipbuilding Co.
architecture=
designated_nhl= April 20, 1984cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1311&ResourceType=Structure
title=WAPAMA (Steam Schooner) |accessdate=2007-11-18|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = April 24, 1973cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = National Park Service
refnum=73000228

WAPAMA (Steam Schooner), also known as Tongass, is a vessel now located in Richmond, California. She is the last surviving example of some 225 steam schooners that served the lumber trade and other coastal services along the Pacific coast of the United States She is managed by the National Park Service at San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, but is currently located across the bay awaiting possible renovation.

"Wapama" was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1984.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/73000228.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Steam Schooner Wapama (Tongass))] |536 KB|date=December 17, 1982 |author=James P. Delgado |publisher=National Park Service]

Description

She is a 204 foot wooden schooner, 40 feet across with 2 masts. She has a triple expansion steam engine with 825 hp. She could carry 1 million board feet of lumber. [http://www.nr.nps.gov/Red%20Books/73000228.red.pdf NPS Red Book] ]

Currently, she has severe dry rot which has threatened the structural integrity of the hull. She has been been pulled out of the water onto a barge, but will need extensive renovation.

References

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/safr/ San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ca1521 Steam Schooner WAPAMA: 38 photos and 37 data pages] , at Historic American Building Survey