Inland Flyer backing away from a landing, circa 1904.
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History | |
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Name | Inland Flyer |
Owner | ; La Conner Trading & Trans. Co.; Puget Sound Nav. Co. |
Route | Puget Sound, Hood Canal |
Completed | 1898 |
Identification | US registry #100660[1] |
Fate | Dismantled, machinery reused, hull converted to fish barge 1916 |
General characteristics | |
Type | inland steamboat |
Tonnage | 151 gross; 103 regist.[1] |
Length | 105.5 ft (32.16 m)[1] |
Beam | 32.1 ft (9.78 m)[1] |
Depth | 4.8 ft (1.46 m) depth of hold[1] |
Installed power | triple expansion compound steam engine |
Propulsion | propeller |
Crew | fifteen (15)[1] |
Inland Flyer was a passenger steamboat that ran on Puget Sound from 1898 to 1916. From 1910 to 1916 this vessel was known as the Mohawk. The vessel is notable as the first steamer on Puget Sound to use oil fuel. Inland Flyer was one of the most famous vessels of the time on Puget Sound.