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Elsinore
History
Name	Elsinore
Owner	Anderson Boat Company, George Jenkins
Route	Lake Washington, Lake Whatcom
Builder	John L. Anderson
In service	1900
General characteristics
Type	steam launch
Tonnage	less than 5 tons
Installed power	steam engine
Propulsion	propeller

The steam launch Elsinore operated on Lake Washington and Lake Whatcom starting in 1900.

Construction and operations

Elsinore was built by John L. Anderson on Lake Washington. Initially operated the vessel between Leschi and Madison parks on the west side of the Lake. Soon afterwards Anderson sold Elsinore to Capt. George Jenkins, who took the vessel north to Lake Whatcom. Jenkins operated Elsinore on Lake Whatcom for many years. On February 15, 1907, another steamer on Lake Whatcom, the Marguerite struck a rock and began sinking. Elsinore was able to rescue the passengers from Margarite.

Notes

1. ^ Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at 4, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA 1966

External links

• Ely, Arlene, Our Foundering Fathers: The Story of Kirkland, Kirkland Public Library, 1975

• Steamboats of Washington (state)
• Propeller-driven steamboats of Washington (state)
• Steamboats of Lake Washington
• History of Washington (state)