Kulshan (steamship)
Above : Kulshan circa 1912.
below : Advertisement for Kulshan | |
History | |
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Name | Kulshan |
Owner | Puget Sound Navigation Co. |
Route | Seattle-Bellingham |
Builder | The Moran Company |
In service | 1910 |
Out of service | 1929 |
Identification | US registry #207780; flag signal LBPT |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Type | inland steamboat |
Tonnage | 926 gross; 573 regist. |
Length | 160.3 ft (48.86 m) |
Beam | 32 ft (9.75 m) |
Depth | 20.7 ft (6.31 m) depth of hold |
Decks | two (2) |
Installed power | triple expansion compound steam engine; cylinders 17 in (43.2 cm) 28 in (71.1 cm)and 47.5 in (120.7 cm); stroke 36 in (91.4 cm)1,100 hp (820 kW) |
Speed | sustained (4 hours): 14.3 knots |
Kulshan was a steamship which operated on Puget Sound from 1910 until 1929. When built, Kulshan was one of a newer type of inland steamships constructed entirely of steel, and was then considered one of the finest vessels ever to operate on Puget Sound.
Nomenclature
"Kulshan" was one of the names of
Design and construction
Kulshan was built at the
The powerplant was a triple expansion compound
Operations
From 1910 to 1929, Kulshan was assigned to the
Disposition
After 1929, increasing highway travel meant Kulshan could not be profitably worked, and was taken off the Seattle-Bellingham run. The steamship Sol Duc replaced Kulshan, but only as a night freighter.[3] Unlike some other steel inland steamships, Kulshan was not suitable for conversion into a ferry.[4] The popular and widely experienced Capt. Colin M. "Big Mac" McLennan (1894-1953) was in command of Kulshan on the vessel's last trip into lay up. Kulshan was laid up until 1938, when Puget Sound Navigation sold the steamship to Seattle Iron and Metals Corporation which later scrapped the vessel.[2]
Notes
- ^ "The Mt. Baker Foothills Chain of Trails Concept Plan" (PDF). Mt. Baker Foothills Economic Development Association, Whatcom Council of Governments, Port of Bellingham, Whatcom County Parks and Recreation Department. December 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
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(help) - ^ a b c Newell, ed., McCurdy Marine History, at 172, 184, 406, 414, 466, and 593.
- ^ Kline and Bayless, Ferryboats – A Legend on Puget Sound, at 60.
- ^ http://www.evergreenfleet.com/steamerkulshan.html The Evergreen Fleet (Kulsan).
References
- Faber, Jim, Steamer's Wake, Enetai Press, Seattle WA (1985) ISBN 0-9615811-0-7
- 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)