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Originally owned by Blue Star
Navigation Co. Sold to Alaska Exploration Co. in 1899. Sold to Canadian Development Co. in 1900. Acquired by White Pass in 1901. Last used in 1903. Abandoned at Dawson City, Yukon in 1928. Named for Mary F. Graff (b. 1874), sister of Alaska pioneer Samuel M. Graff, and
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Originally owned by
Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Sold by White Pass and abandoned by new owner at St. Michael Canal, Alaska in 1927. Named for David Rae Campbell (1830–1911), a
414:. Sold to Charles W. Adams in 1904. Resold to partnership of Adams, the Dominion Commercial Co., and Mersereau Clark in 1905. Resold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1908. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used as a boat under White Pass ownership. Used by White Pass as an office and warehouse at
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Originally owned by
British America Corp. Sold to Dawson White Horse Navigation Co. in 1900. Sold to Tanana Trading Co. in 1905. Sold to North American Transportation & Trading Co. in 1906. Sold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1911. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass
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Originally owned by Blue Star
Navigation Co. Sold to Columbia Navigation Co. in 1900. Resold to British-American Steamship Co. in 1899. Resold to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned across the bay from
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Originally owned by Empire
Transportation Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned across the bay from
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to clear customs, that being the most northerly customs house from which to begin the transfer north, which they were to make under their own power. Robert Moran himself was on the lead boat,
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Originally owned by Empire
Transportation Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned at
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Originally owned by Empire
Transportation Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned at
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Originally owned by Empire
Transportation Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned at
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Originally owned by Alaska
Exploration Co. Transferred to Northern Navigation Co. in 1901. Acquired by White Pass in 1914. Not used under White Pass ownership. Abandoned at
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136:. All the vessels were launched the same day, April 23, 1898, every one with steam up in the boiler. The vessels were all complete by about May 25, 1898.
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twin steam engines, horizontally mounted; cylinder bores 20 in (50.8 cm); stroke 84 in (213.4 cm), 26.6
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plus the number of cubic feet in enclosed spaces above the hull, divided by 100. It is not the actual weight of the boat.
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ownership. Sold by White Pass and abandoned by new owner at St. Michael Canal, Alaska in 1927. Named for James P. Light (
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The Moran sternwheelers were built to take advantage of the huge demand for inland shipping that was caused by the
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1898), a citizen of
Chicago, IL, who originally organized the Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co.
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were a set of 12 almost identical sternwheel steamboats built in 1898 by the
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A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon, and Alaska
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Maine wool manufacturer who financed the Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co.
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Gross Tons represents the sum of the number of cubic feet in the
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The long voyage to the mouth of the Yukon River on the
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daughter of Philadelphia financier John F. Graff, Jr.
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H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest
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493:in 1943. Village of St. Michael, Alaska named for
754:, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (1966)
740:, Alexander Nicolls Press, Vancouver, BC 2000
495:Capt. Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkov (1802–1872)
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79:5.9 ft (1.80 m) depth of hold
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182:was difficult and one of the vessels (
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144:All twelve vessels were assembled at
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934:Paddle steamers of British Columbia
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124:and tributary rivers in Alaska.
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412:Standard Oil Co. of California
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929:Steamboats of the Yukon River
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797:White Pass & Yukon Route
55:176.1 ft (53.68 m)
47:718.68 gross; 409.06 regist.
350:Canada #107839 (1900–1928)
348:U.S.A. #92856 (1898–1900);
309:Canada #107860 (1900–1905)
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63:35 ft (10.67 m)
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750:Newell, Gordon R., ed.,
188:) was wrecked en route.
39:1898 Moran sternwheelers
31:General characteristics
944:Ships built in Seattle
789:Yukon River steamboats
700:McCurdy Marine History
418:. Abandoned in 1943.
939:Steamboats of Alaska
835:Klondike (1936-1950)
828:Klondike (1921-1936)
736:Affleck, Edward L.,
628:Seattle, Washington
591:Seattle, Washington
554:Seattle, Washington
517:Seattle, Washington
472:Seattle, Washington
434:Seattle, Washington
410:Originally owned by
393:Seattle, Washington
357:Seattle, Washington
316:Seattle, Washington
276:Seattle, Washington
242:Seattle, Washington
218:Volume (gross tons)
894:Moran sternwheelers
841:Moran sternwheelers
648:St. Michael, Alaska
536:St. Michael, Alaska
454:St. Michael, Alaska
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118:Seattle, Washington
110:Moran sternwheelers
416:Holy Cross, Alaska
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140:Transfer to Alaska
134:Klondike Gold Rush
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573:St. Marys, Alaska
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499:Russian America
466:U.S.A. #116816
428:U.S.A. #150778
387:U.S.A. #155318
270:U.S.A. #121071
236:U.S.A. #157509
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192:List of vessels
157:Richard Holyoke
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212:Where Built
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128:Construction
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44:Displacement
880:Other boats
632:Moran Bros.
598:(hull #14)
595:Moran Bros.
561:(hull #13)
558:Moran Bros.
524:(hull #12)
521:Moran Bros.
479:(hull #15)
476:Moran Bros.
462:St. Michael
441:(hull #18)
438:Moran Bros.
400:(hull #20)
397:Moran Bros.
364:(hull #17)
361:Moran Bros.
320:Moran Bros.
303:J. P. Light
283:(hull #11)
280:Moran Bros.
249:(hull #10)
246:Moran Bros.
209:Year Built
172:South Coast
924:1898 ships
918:Categories
731:References
644:Cook Inlet
323:(hull #9)
180:Bering Sea
102:sternwheel
99:Propulsion
807:Columbian
702:at 27-28.
680:Affleck,
639:176 feet
612:in 1927.
605:176 feet
575:in 1927.
568:176 feet
538:in 1917.
531:176 feet
486:176 feet
456:in 1917.
448:176 feet
407:176 feet
371:177 feet
330:176 feet
297:in 1917.
290:176 feet
256:176 feet
581:Victoria
382:Oil City
224:Remarks
215:Builder
163:Resolute
721:Tonnage
507:Seattle
424:Pilgrim
151:Pilgrim
870:Nenana
814:Dalton
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544:Tacoma
166:, the
91:, 700
52:Length
862:boats
799:boats
657:Notes
625:1898
588:1898
551:1898
514:1898
469:1898
431:1898
390:1898
354:1898
313:1898
273:1898
239:1898
122:Yukon
76:Depth
68:Draft
821:Keno
742:ISBN
713:hull
636:718
602:718
565:718
528:718
483:718
445:718
404:718
368:864
327:785
287:718
253:718
202:Name
160:and
108:The
60:Beam
717:See
336:fl.
116:in
93:IHP
89:NHP
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