''Eagle'' was a passenger steamboat built in 1900 which served on Puget Sound until it was destroyed by fire.

Design and construction

''Eagle'' was a smaller type of steamboat called a "steam launch". The wooden vessel was built at Eagle Harbor, Washington to run on routes connecting Seattle and

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.Newell, ed., ''McCurdy Marine History'', at pages 60, 83, and 90. ''Eagle'' was long, beam , and a depth of hold of 5.4. The overall size of the vessel was 40 gross tons and 23 registered tons. The vessel's US steamboat registration number was 136812.U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Bureau of Statistics, ''Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States'' (for year ending June 30, 1901)
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Career

''Eagle'' was destroyed by fire in 1902 at Eagle Harbor. The vessel was replaced in service by the '' Florence K''.

Notes

References

* Newell, Gordon R., ed., ''H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest'', Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (1966)
U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Bureau of Statistics, ''Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States'' (for year ending June 30, 1901)
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