Idaho (steamship)

The Idaho at the Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad docks in Coeur d'Alene in 1909.
Idaho on the St. Joe River in 1908.

The Idaho was a paddle steamer belonging to the Red Collar Line and active around 1903 to 1915, operating on Lake Coeur d'Alene, between Harrison and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.[1]

The Idaho was 147 feet long and the beam was 40 feet measured over the main deck.[2] The Idaho had a capacity of 1,000 passengers.[3] The Idaho was built in 1903 for $45,000 by George Ryan in Oshkosh, Wisconsin for the Coeur d'Alene and St. Joe Transportation Co. Ltd.[2] The Idaho was launched on June 20, 1903.[2] The engines were described to be of a "clack valve" type and it was capable of 15 miles per hour.[4] The Idaho was operated under the Red Collar Line in March 1908.[5] The Idaho caught fire and sank in Blackrock Bay in 1915 during apple season.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Would Race on the Lake — Plan to Match Steamers Idaho and Georgie Oakes". Coeur d'Alene Press. Vol. 12, no. 40. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: Press Publishing Co. November 7, 1903. p.8, col.1.
  2. ^ a b c d Marshall, Don B. (1984). Oregon shipwrecks (1st ed.). Portland, Or.: Binford & Mort Pub. ISBN 0-8323-0430-1. OCLC 11509677.
  3. ^ "Pilgrim, Mariette Shaw. Alaska. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1939. 296 p. $3.00". Science Education. 24 (7): 410–410. December 1940. doi:10.1002/sce.3730240752. ISSN 0036-8326.
  4. ^ "Steamboat Companies. Interstate Commerce". The Virginia Law Register. 13 (11): 906. March 1908. doi:10.2307/1103138. ISSN 1547-1357.
  5. ^ Torso, Kathleen; Scofield, Ben D.; Chess, Dale W. (March 2020). "Variations in aquatic macrophyte phenology across three temperate lakes in the Coeur d'Alene Basin". Aquatic Botany. 162: 103209. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2020.103209. ISSN 0304-3770.
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