Triumph (sternwheeler)
Triumph was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Nooksack River in Whatcom County, Washington in the 1890s.
 _on_Nooksack_River.jpg.webp) (above)Triumph (small steamer in center) at Bellingham. (below) Triumph on the Nooksack River near Lynden, 1889. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Triumph |
| Completed: | 1889[1] or 1892[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | inland steamboat |
| Tonnage: | 66.97 regist.[1] |
| Installed power: | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted. |
| Propulsion: | sternwheeler |
Career
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
- Wright, ed., Lewis and Dryden' Marine History, at 192, 193, 307 and 396.
- Newell, ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History, at 23, 170, 177.
References
- Newell, Gordon R., ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (1966)
- Newell, Gordon R., Ships of the Inland Sea, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (2nd Ed. 1960)
- Newell, Gordon R., Pacific Steamboats, Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA (1958)
- Wright, E.W., Lewis & Dryden's Marine history of the Pacific Northwest, Lewis & Dryden Printing Co., Portland, OR (1895)