Fairhaven (sternwheeler)

Fairhaven under construction.
History
Name	Fairhaven
Owner	Pacific Nav. Co.; La Conner Trading & Trans. Co.; Puget Sound Nav. Co.
Route	Puget Sound
Builder	John J. Holland
Completed	1889
Out of service	1918
Identification	US registry 126378
Fate	Destroyed by fire 1918
General characteristics
Tonnage	319.39 gross, 240.57 registered
Length	130.2 ft (39.7 m)
Beam	26.5 ft (8.1 m)
Depth	6.2 ft (1.9 m) depth of hold
Installed power	twin steam engines, horizontally mounted
Propulsion	sternwheel

Fairhaven was a sternwheel steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet which operated from 1889 to 1918.

Career

Fairhaven was built in 1889 by John J. Holland for the Pacific Navigation Company in his shipyard at Tacoma, Washington. The vessel was placed on the run from Seattle, to Bellingham, Washington, by way of Whidbey Island and the town of La Conner, Washington.

In March 1907, Fairhaven was blown onto the dock at Coupeville, Washington, during a gale, and then on to the shore, suffering substantial damage. The steamboat Camano towed her off the beach.^[1]

On November 3, 1911, Fairhaven sank at her mooring in Seattle. She was raised, but was destroyed by fire in 1918.

Gallery

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  Advertisement for Fairhaven, 1901.
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  Fairhaven sunk at pier, November 3, 1911.
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  Hulk of Fairhaven, ca.1920, in West Seattle.

References

1. Newell, ed., McCurdy Marine History, pp. 119, 135, 173, 189, 209, and 293.

• 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