Otter (sternwheeler)
Otter in a shipyard on Puget Sound, unknown date. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Otter |
| Route | Puget Sound, Columbia River, Lake Washington, Stikine River |
| In service | 1874 |
| Out of service | 1897 |
| Identification | US registry #19407 |
| Fate | Abandoned 1897 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | inland steamboat |
| Length | 87 ft (26.52 m) |
| Beam | 18 ft (5.49 m) |
| Depth | 6 ft (1.83 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | twin steam engines (from steamer Mary Belle), horizontally mounted; cylinder bores 14 in (35.6 cm); stroke 30 in (76.2 cm) 13 indicated horsepower. |
| Propulsion | sternwheel |
Otter was a wooden sternwheel steamboat that was used in Puget Sound and briefly on the Columbia and Stikine rivers from 1874 to 1897.