J.D. Farrell (sternwheeler)
19th-century passenger steamship travelling the Kootenay River / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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J.D. Farrell was a sternwheel steamer that operated on the Kootenay River in western Montana and southeastern British Columbia from 1898 to 1902.
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J.D. Farrell circa 1900, in winter storage at Jennings, Montana, with North Star in background on left | |
History | |
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Name | J.D. Farrell (US #77280[1] |
Owner | Kootenay River Navigation Co., A. Guthrie & Co. |
Route | Kootenay River in Montana and British Columbia |
Launched | 1897, at Jennings, Montana |
Out of service | 1899–1901 |
Fate | Dismantled 1903, engines and other components to sternwheeler Spokane operating on the Pend Oreille River |
Notes | Wrecked June 4, 1898, but raised and returned to service |
General characteristics | |
Type | inland passenger/freighter |
Tonnage | 359 gross tons; 226 registered tons |
Length | 130 ft (40 m) |
Beam | 26 ft (8 m) |
Depth | 4.5 ft (1 m) depth of hold |
Installed power | twin steam engines, horizontally mounted |
Propulsion | sternwheel |
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