Comet (sternwheeler)

History
NameComet
RoutePuget Sound, White, Black, and Nooksack rivers
Completed1871
Out of service1900[1] or early 1880s.[2]
IdentificationUS registry #5973[1]
FateAbandoned[1]
General characteristics
Typeinland steamboat
Tonnage56.83 regist.[1]
Length65 ft (19.81 m)
Installed powertwo steam engines, horizontally mounted
Propulsionsternwheel

Comet was a sternwheel steamboat that ran from 1871 to 1900 on Puget Sound and rivers flowing into it, including the White and Nooksack rivers.

  1. ^ a b c d Affleck, ed. Century of Paddlewheelers, at 94.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lewis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).