Kirkland (sidewheeler)

Kirkland
History
Name	Kirkland
Owner	Jackson Street Cable Railway
Route	Lake Washington
Builder	T.W. Lake
In service	1888
Identification	US Registry #14480
Fate	Dismantled, hull converted to barge, transferred Alaska 1898
General characteristics
Type	inland steamboat
Length	96.5 ft (29.41 m)
Beam	19.4 ft (5.91 m)
Depth	8.2 ft (2.50 m) depth of hold
Installed power	steam engine, 125 hp (93 kW)
Propulsion	sidewheels

Kirkland was a sidewheel steamboat that ran on Lake Washington from 1888 to 1898.

Kirkland was built in 1888 by T.W. Lake for the Jackson Street Cable Railway Company.^[1] Once complete, Kirkland was placed on the Juanita– Kirkland–Houghton–Leschi Park route.^[1] Kirkland was considered the prestige vessel on Lake Washington at the time it was built.^[1][2] 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 Benjamin Harrison around the lake when he came to Seattle.^[3][4]

In 1898 Kirkland was dismantled, converted to a barge and sent north to Alaska.^[1]

• Kline, M.S., and Bayless, G.A., Ferryboats -- A legend on Puget Sound, Bayless Books, Seattle, WA 1983 ISBN 0-914515-00-4
• 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)