Monticello (steamboat)
.jpg) Monticello, steamship built 1906.
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Monticello (2) |
| Owner | McDowell Trans. Co. |
| Operator | Matthew McDowell for a time |
| Route | Puget Sound and Strait of Juan de Fuca (after 1936 conversion to freighter) |
| Builder | Crawford and Reid shipyard at Tacoma |
| Completed | 1906 |
| In service | 1906 |
| Out of service | 1962 |
| Fate | Foundered off Aleutian Islands |
| Notes | Renamed Penaco in 1936 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 196 tons |
| Length | 125 ft (38 m) |
| Beam | 21 ft (6 m) |
| Depth | 6.3 ft (2 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | steam engine |
| Propulsion | propeller-drive |
| Notes | Converted to diesel power 1936 |
The steamboat Monticello (2) operated in the early 1900s as part of the
Construction
Monticello was built in 1906 by the
Operations
Late in the year 1906, Monticello under the command of Capt. Chris Moe, collided with her chief rival,
Sale to Port Blakely Mill Co.
In January 1907, Moe Bros. sold both Monticello and Advance to the
Operation with D Fleet
One source reports that Monticello was operated by
Sale to Kitsap County Transportation Co.
In 1922, Port Blakeley Mill sold Monticello to their former competitor
Later career and union charter
In 1930, Puget Sound Freight Lines obtained an option on Monticello to operate her on the
For eleven months in 1932 to 1933, Monticello was chartered by maritime unions during a long wage dispute so that union men could ride on a union boat from Seattle to their jobs at the Navy Yard and still boycott the Puget Sound Navigation Company, then the biggest private inland shipping concern on the Sound. Virginia V also was chartered by the unions for a similar role.[4][5] By this time, Monticello’s steam power plant was in a state of deterioration. Her boiler tubes were leaking, and the engineering crew hit on the idea of putting horse manure in the feedwater to stop the leaks. This actually worked, although one of her all-union crew had to carry the burden of collecting horse manure along the waterfront and bringing it back to the boat.[5]
Conversion to motor freighter
In 1936, Monticello was converted to diesel power using a Fairbanks-Morse power plant and rebuilt as the freighter Penaco. As Penaco, she ran between Tacoma, Seattle, Port Townsend, Port Angeles and way ports under the ownership of the Peninsula Transportation Co., a firm consisting of Capts. O. Joyce, E.M. Fosse, and others.[1]
Loss
Penaco (ex Monticello) lasted a long time. By 1962, she was in service out of Seattle as the crab fishing vessel Sea Venture, and under that name in March 1962 she foundered off the Aleutian Islands.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-87564-220-9
- ^ a b Newell, Gordon R, and Williamson, Joe, Pacific Steamboats, at 120, Bonanza Books, New York, NY 1958 (showing photograph of Monticello at Pier 3)
- ^ McCurdy, at 205, showing photograph of Klickitat towing Monticello
- ^ ISBN 0-914515-00-4(page 202 of Kline and Bayless reprints an excellent photograph of Monticello
- ^ ISBN 0-935503-00-5