&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Bailey_Gatzert_near_Cascade_Locks,_circa_1910.jpg) Bailey Gatzert approaching Cascade Locks, circa 1910
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Bailey Gatzert |
| Route | Puget Sound (several routes), Columbia River |
| Builder | J.J. Holland yard, Ballard, Washington |
| Launched | 1890 |
| In service | 1890 |
| Out of service | 1925 |
| Fate | Dismantled |
| Notes | Reconstructed and enlarged 1907, later converted to auto ferry |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | inland steamship |
| Tonnage | 276 |
| Length | 177 ft (53.9 m), and after reconstruction, 191 ft (58.2 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Depth | 8 ft (2 m) depth of hold |
| Decks | three (freight, passenger, boat) |
| Installed power | twin horizontally mounted steam engines, wood-fuel until 1907; thereafter an oil-burner |
| Propulsion | sternwheel |
| Speed | 18 knots (approx. 20 miles per hour) |
| Capacity | Licensed in 1907 to regularly carry 350 passengers and 625 on excursions. |
The Bailey Gatzert was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Columbia River and Puget Sound, in Washington state, US, from the 1890s to the 1920s. This vessel was considered one of the finest of its time.[1] It was named after Bailey Gatzert, an early businessman and mayor of Seattle, who was one of the closest friends and business associates of John Leary – the person who financed the ship.[2]
Bailey Gatzert probably carried more passengers than any other Columbia River steamer.[3] It was considered to be one of the most beautiful river boats, mainly because its upper deck ran all the way out to the bow.[4]
- ^ Schwantes, Carlos Arnaldo (1999). Long Day's Journey - The Steamboat and Stagecoach Era in the Northern West. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. p. 364. ISBN 0-295-97691-8.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
FamousOldSternwheelerwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Timmen, Fritz (1973). Blow for the Landing -- A Hundred Years of Steam Navigation on the Waters of the West. Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers. pp. 211–217. ISBN 0-87004-221-1. LCCN 73150815.
- ^ Lauritz, Phyllis (Sep 14, 1947). "Feats of River Boat Days Retold by Columbia Vets". Sunday Oregonian. Vol. 66, no. 37. p.22, col.6.