Cyrus Walker was a sidewheel tug active in Puget Sound in the second half of the 19th century.
.jpeg) Cyrus Walker in 1893
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Cyrus Walker |
| Owner | Pope & Talbot |
| Route | Puget Sound |
| Ordered | 1864 |
| Builder | Domingo Marcucci at Steamboat Point, San Francisco |
| Laid down | 1864 |
| Launched | 1864 |
| Completed | 1864 |
| In service | 1864 - 1893? |
| General characteristics Cyrus Walker | |
| Class and type | Side-wheel Steam tug |
| Length | 120 |
| Beam | 28 |
| Depth | 8 |
| Decks | two (main and passenger) |
| Installed power | two high-pressure steam engines |
| Propulsion | side-wheels |
Career
editDomingo Marcucci built the Cyrus Walker at San Francisco, California at his Steamboat Point shipyard in 1864, for Pope & Talbot. She was 120 foot long side-wheel steamboat, with a 28-foot beam and an 8-foot hold. She was equipped with two high-pressure steam engines and a surface condenser. George W Bullene, who put machinery in her at the Pacific Iron Works, then took her up to Puget Sound for towing logs for the Pope & Talbot lumber mill on Puget Sound.[1] : 127
Captain Bullene delivered Cyrus Walker to Port Gamble, Puget Sound in October, 1864. It was active at least as late as 1893.[2]
References
edit- ^ Scott, Erving M. and Others, Evolution of Shipping and Ship-Building in California, Part II, Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, Volume 25, February 1895, pp.127-129; from quod.lib.umich.edu accessed March 10, 2015
- ^ Harvey Kimball Hines, An Illustrated History of the State of Washington: Containing Biographical Mention of Its Pioneers and Prominent Citizens, Lewis publishing Company, Chicago, 1893, p.762
- Affleck, Edwin L, ed. A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska, Alexander Nicholls Press, Vancouver, BC (2000) ISBN 0-920034-08-X
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