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Triton

Passenger Ferry · United States · Lost 1916 · Lake Washington

A Lake Washington passenger steamer built by Captain John Anderson, replaced by 1915 and wrecked the following year.

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Documented Likeness. Drawn from surviving builder's plans or clear photographs of this vessel. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Triton was launched in 1909 by Captain John L. Anderson's Anderson Steamboat Company to serve Lake Washington's growing passenger routes, including runs timed to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. By 1915 she had been replaced on her regular Mercer Island route by the ferry Dawn. She was wrecked in 1916 and a period photograph shows her sunk off the south shore of Mercer Island.

Vessel

Built: 1909
Registry: Official Number 206216
Builder: John L. Anderson, Anderson Shipyard
Yard: Houghton, Washington
Material: Wood
Length: 78 ft
Beam: 18 ft
Tonnage: 48
Propulsion: Steam, single screw, oil-fired
Owners: Anderson Steamboat Company

Loss

Date: January 1, 1916
Cause: Not established
Location: South shore of Mercer Island, Lake Washington
Water: Lake Washington
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 47.57° N 122.24° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Mercer Island, Washington
Region: Lake Washington

General area only: coordinate of Mercer Island from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, the named place off whose south shore this vessel sank in 1916, not a surveyed wreck position.