C.C. Calkins
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C.C. Calkins was a small steamboat built in 1890 which served on Lake Washington
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. Calkins, doing business as Lake Washington Land & Improvement Co., built a hotel on Mercer Island, which he namved the “C.C. Calkins.” He invested about $30,000 in the hotel and about $70,000 more in real estate development in the Leschi Park area of Seattle.
To serve these areas, Calkins had a steamer built by W.C. Peterson, which he named C.C. Calkins. The vessel was launched on March 21, 1890 and formally registered on May 2, 1890. The first crew of the Calkins included Capt. H.M. Race, supervising engineer E.W. Dieckhoff, and deckhand John L. Anderson (1868-1941), who would later become a major steamboat owner on Lake Washington.
Calkins was sold on November 15, 1890, and L.B. Hastings became master. When President Harrison visited Seattle in 1891, he was taken around the lake on the sidewheeler Kirkland
, with the Calkins (and other ships) travelling as escorts, with the steam calliope
on Calkins playing Home Sweet Home
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Calkins was sold again on December 12, 1891, and the new captain was George H. Rodgers, who stayed until 1892. Anderson, who had worked up from a deckhad to a purser, was placed in command. However, because of the fall off in business during the Panic of 1893
, Anderson's command did last long, as economic conditions forced the steamer to be taken out of service.
In 1895, Calkins was said to be “one of the best steamers built on the lake but never steadily employed.”
, and was rebuilt as the steamer Blanche.
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C.C. Calkins was a small steamboat built in 1890 which served on Lake Washington
Lake Washington
Lake Washington is a large freshwater lake adjacent to the city of Seattle. It is the largest lake in King County and the second largest in the state of Washington, after Lake Chelan. It is bordered by the cities of Seattle on the west, Bellevue and Kirkland on the east, Renton on the south and...
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Career
C.C. Calkins was named after Charles C. Calkins, a Seattle businessman who was involved in real estate development projects around Leschi Park and Mercer IslandMercer Island, Washington
Mercer Island is a city in King County, Washington, United States and the name of the island in Lake Washington on which the city sits. The population was 22,699 at the 2010 census....
. Calkins, doing business as Lake Washington Land & Improvement Co., built a hotel on Mercer Island, which he namved the “C.C. Calkins.” He invested about $30,000 in the hotel and about $70,000 more in real estate development in the Leschi Park area of Seattle.
To serve these areas, Calkins had a steamer built by W.C. Peterson, which he named C.C. Calkins. The vessel was launched on March 21, 1890 and formally registered on May 2, 1890. The first crew of the Calkins included Capt. H.M. Race, supervising engineer E.W. Dieckhoff, and deckhand John L. Anderson (1868-1941), who would later become a major steamboat owner on Lake Washington.
Calkins was sold on November 15, 1890, and L.B. Hastings became master. When President Harrison visited Seattle in 1891, he was taken around the lake on the sidewheeler Kirkland
Kirkland (sidewheeler)
Kirkland was a sidewheel steamboat that ran on Lake Washington from 1888 to 1898.- Career:Kirkland was built in 1888 by T.W. Lake for the Jackson Street Cable Railway Company. Once complete, Kirkland was placed on the Juanita– Kirkland–Houghton–Leschi Park route. Kirkland was considered the...
, with the Calkins (and other ships) travelling as escorts, with the steam calliope
Calliope
In Greek mythology, Calliope was the muse of epic poetry, daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, and is now best known as Homer's muse, the inspiration for the Odyssey and the Iliad....
on Calkins playing Home Sweet Home
Home Sweet Home
- Film :* Home, Sweet Home , a film about the life of John Howard Payne* Home, Sweet Home , a British film starring Richard Cooper* Home Sweet Home , a British comedy film starring Frank Randle...
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Calkins was sold again on December 12, 1891, and the new captain was George H. Rodgers, who stayed until 1892. Anderson, who had worked up from a deckhad to a purser, was placed in command. However, because of the fall off in business during the Panic of 1893
Panic of 1893
The Panic of 1893 was a serious economic depression in the United States that began in 1893. Similar to the Panic of 1873, this panic was marked by the collapse of railroad overbuilding and shaky railroad financing which set off a series of bank failures...
, Anderson's command did last long, as economic conditions forced the steamer to be taken out of service.
In 1895, Calkins was said to be “one of the best steamers built on the lake but never steadily employed.”
Disposition
Calkins later burned at Houghton, WashingtonHoughton, Washington
Houghton is one of the lakeside neighborhoods of the city of Kirkland, Washington. Consisting mostly of upscale, single-family homes, Houghton overlooks Lake Washington and is one of the wealthier districts of the Eastside suburbs of Seattle. The village was named for Willard Houghton, a local...
, and was rebuilt as the steamer Blanche.