- Aquilo (steamboat)
The steamboat Aquilo operated on
Lake Washington andPuget Sound in the first part of the 20th Century.Construction
"Aquilo" was built by Captain John Anderson as part of his fleet of steamboats on Lake Washington, operating under the name of the Anderson Steamboat Company. “Aquilo” was the Roman name for their god of the northwind. (Captain Anderson named his vessels after classical gods, starting with "Xanthus" and "Cyrene.")
Operation
Publicly-owned ferries operating on Lake Washington ran Captain Anderson out of the steamboat business by about the time of the First World War, and he sold his interest in the Anderson Steamboat Company. In 1920 ferry services across
Elliot Bay from Seattle toWest Seattle were terminated by King County which had been operating the ferry.As a replacement, "Aquilo" was brought to Puget Sound from Lake Washington, and apparently acquired then or earlier by King County. The county rebuilt "Aquilo"’s bow to allow her to use the West Seattle ferry dock. "Aquilo" could thereafter carry two automobiles on her foredeck (and thus technically may have become a ferry) but did not on the West Seattle run. [Kline, M.S., and Bayless, G.A., "Ferryboats–A Legend on Puget Sound", at page 94 and 148-153, Bayless Books, Seattle, WA 1983 ISBN 0-914515-00-4]
old for scrap
Captain Anderson operated "Aquilo" as the lessee of King County’s ferry fleet. In 1938, he returned "Aquilo", and another former Anderson steamboat, "Triton", to King County. The county sold "Aquilo" for scrap to the Seattle firm of Pacific Metal & Salvage Co. for $360. [Newell, Gordon R., ed., "H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest", at 466, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA 1966]
The steamboat "Aquilo" should not be confused with the steam yacht "Aquilo".
ee also
*
Steamboats of Lake Washington
*Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet
*"Triton" (steamboat) -- near sistership of "Aquilo"Notes
External links
Historic photographs of "Aquilo" from the on-line collection of the University of Washington
* [http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/transportation&CISOPTR=206 steamer "Aquilo", with "Triton" (probably) in background]
* [http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/transportation&CISOPTR=328&CISORESTMP=&CISOVIEWTMP= "Aquilo" under construction]
* [http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/transportation&CISOPTR=327&CISORESTMP=&CISOVIEWTMP= launch of "Aquilo"]
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