&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Elfin_(steamboat)_before_reconstruction.JPG) Elfin before 1896 reconstruction
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Elfin |
| Owner | Frank Curtis |
| Route | Lake Washington |
| Builder | Edward F. Lee |
| In service | 1891 |
| Out of service | 1901 |
| Fate | Burned, engines salvaged, installed in Peerless. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | inland steamboat |
| Length | 54.5 ft (16.61 m)[1] or 60 ft (18.29 m)[2] |
| Installed power | compound steam engine; cylinder bores 6 inches (15.2 cm) and 12 inches (30.5 cm); stroke 10 inches (25.4 cm) |
| Propulsion | propeller |
| Speed | 12 miles per hour.[2] |
| Capacity | 35 passengers; 2.5 tons freight[2] |
| Crew | 4 (captain, mate, deckhand, engineer) |
| Notes | Rebuilt in 1896 to increase capacity |
The steamboat Elfin operated on Lake Washington and Puget Sound from 1891 to 1900. The vessel served as an important transportation link in the area when roads and railways were poor or non-existent, and there were no bridges across the lake.
- ^ Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 4, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA 1966
- ^ a b c Lange, Greg, Lee Shipyard, first business on Sand Point (Lake Washington), opens about 1886, HistoryLink.org Essay 2306, March 15, 2000