Triumph (sternwheeler)


(above)Triumph (small steamer in center) at Bellingham.
(below) Triumph on the Nooksack River near Lynden, 1889.
History
NameTriumph
Completed1889[1] or 1892[2]
FateDestroyed by fire 1897
General characteristics
Typeinland steamboat
Tonnage66.97 regist.[1]
Installed powertwin steam engines, horizontally mounted.
Propulsionsternwheeler

Triumph was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Nooksack River in Whatcom County, Washington in the 1890s.

Career

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Triumph is reported to have been built by Capt. Simon P. Randolph (d.1909 at Seattle), either 1889 at Lynden, WA[1] or in 1892 at Whatcom. Randolph, who received his master's license in 1871, had been the first man to operate a steamboat on Lake Washington, had commanded or owned a number of smaller sternwheelers over his career including Fannie, Old Settler, Comet, and the Edith R.[1] His son, Capt. Preston Brooks Randolph (1860–1939), was also involved in ownership and management of the later boats, including Triumph.[2]

Triumph was served on the Nooksack River, which the Randolphs had developed as a steamboat route. In 1897, Triumph was destroyed by fire near the town of Marietta, WA, in Whatcom County.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Wright, ed., Lewis and Dryden' Marine History, at 192, 193, 307 and 396.
  2. ^ a b c Newell, ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History, at 23, 170, 177.

References

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