''Kirkland'' was a sidewheel steamboat that ran on

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from 1888 to 1898.

Career

''Kirkland'' was built in 1888 by T.W. Lake for the Jackson Street Cable Railway Company. Once complete, ''Kirkland'' was placed on the Juanita– Kirkland– Houghton– Leschi Park route. ''Kirkland'' was considered the prestige vessel on Lake Washington at the time it was built.Newell, ed., ''McCurdy Marine History'', at 43. In 1889 ''Kirkland'' carried the U.S. Naval Commission on a tour of the lake when they were considering whether a shipping canal was possible. 1891 ''Kirkland'' conveyed President

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around the lake when he came to Seattle.Newell and Williamson, ''Pacific Steamboats'', at 132.Kline and Bayless, ''Ferryboats – A Legend on Puget Sound'', at 144-145.

Disposition

In 1898 ''Kirkland'' was dismantled, converted to a barge and sent north to Alaska.

Notes

References

* Kline, M.S., and Bayless, G.A., ''Ferryboats -- A legend on Puget Sound'', Bayless Books, Seattle, WA 1983 * Newell, Gordon R., ed., ''H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest'', Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (1966) * Newell, Gordon R., ''Ships of the Inland Sea'', Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (2nd Ed. 1960) {{Lake Washington Steamboats 1888 ships Steamboats of Washington (state) Ships built in Washington (state) Sidewheel steamboats of Washington (state)