Zephyr (steamboat)
Zephyr and work crew alongside on float
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History | |
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Name | Zephyr |
Route | Puget Sound |
Completed | 1871 |
Out of service | 1907 |
General characteristics | |
Installed power | steam engines |
Propulsion | sternwheel |
Zephyr was a sternwheel steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet.
Career[]
Zephyr was built in 1871 for the famous steamboat captain . In 1872, the was formed, with Zephyr becoming the company's first steamboat. The vessel was placed on the Olympia, Washington-Steilacoom-Tacoma-Seattle run, making way-stops en route, and competing with another sternweeler, Messenger, and making the run on alternating days. In 1907, the vessel was sold for scrapping in Seattle.
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zephyr (ship, 1871). |
- Findlay, Jean Cammon and Paterson, Robin, Mosquito Fleet of Southern Puget Sound, (2008) Arcadia Publishing ISBN 0-7385-5607-6
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- 1871 ships
- Steamboats of Washington (state)
- Passenger ships of the United States
- Sternwheelers of Washington (state)
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