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USED Snagboat Swinomish

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Final Disposition, fate unknown

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Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length unknown
Breadth unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Hoisting Engine unknown
Compliment unknown

Propulsion

two boiler(s)

steam engine(s)

sternwheel

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
303206706	75k	Namesake Swinomish are a community of Coast Salish peoples that descended from tribes and bands that originally lived in the Skagit Valley and Samish River Valley, the coastal areas surrounding Skagit, Padilla, and Fidalgo bays, Saratoga Passage, and numerous islands including Fidalgo, Camano, Whidbey, and the San Juan Islands. Photo - La Connor on the Swinomish Channel, The channel is an 11-mile long salt-water channel in Washington state that connects Skagit Bay to the south, and Padilla Bay to the north, separating Fidalgo Island from mainland Skagit County. Photo Walter Siegmund, via Wikimedia Commons Map - Swinomish Channel, Sound Water Stewards		Tommy Trampp
303206704	92k	Original wood hull of USED Snagboat Swinomish under construction, 1 October 1914, at Winslow, WA.. U.S National Archives and Records Administration Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle) (NRIAS) RG77		John Spivey
303206709	84k	USED Snagboat Swinomish tied up alongside at the waterfront in the vicinity of Pike St., Seattle, WA., probably between 1890 and 1910. Note Pike Street Wharf at right, still extant as Pier 59, was originally built in 1904 by Ainsworth & Dunn. An early major tenant was Willis Wilbur Robinson, who ran sternwheelers of hay from the Skagit River. Photographer unknown. Seattle Photographs Acession # 462		Robert Hurst
303206801	74k	USED Snagboats Skagit, left, and USED Swinomish, right, side by side, 27 February 1915. There A-frame cranes sat on their bow. U.S Army Corps of Engineers photo		John Spivey
303206703	301k	USED Snagboat Swinomish Engine Room, 27 February 1915. U.S Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers. North Pacific Division. Seattle District		U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle) (NRIAS)
303206702	90k	USED Snagboat Swinomish in the Hiram Chittenden Locks, Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, WA., 3 August 1916. This may be the informal opening of the lock. University of Washington Special Collections, Asahel Curtis Photo Co. Photographs, photo by Asahel Curtis, Public Domain		Commons Wikipedia
303206701	129k	USED Snagboat Swinomish clearing snags in Lake Washington, circa 1916. The lowering of the lake to accommodate the new Ship Canal left many snags exposed. Shoreline Historical Museum #1249, photo by Asahel Curtis, The Friends of the Hiram M. Chittenden (Ballard) Locks		John Spivey
303206705	25k	USED Snagboat Swinomish steams upriver, date and location unknown. Puget Sound Maritime Society, Williamson Collection, Negative No. 2796-4.		John Spivey
303206707	71k	Lake Washington Canal, WA. Locks at the narrows of Salmon Bay. The stern wheel snagboat USED Swinowmish erecting light standard on lock wall, 17 May 1916. Seattle Photographs. University of Washington: Special Collections828		Robert Hurst
303206708	71k	Lake Washington Canal, WA. Locks at the narrows of Salmon Bay. Informal opening of large lock. The USED motor launch Orcas (later Q-150) and the stern wheel snagboat USED Swinomish raised to upper level, 3 August 1916. Seattle Photographs. University of Washington: Special Collections 1188		Robert Hurst

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