Stern wheelers DAWSON, MINNEAPOLIS, and JULIA B. docked on the Fairbanks waterfront, approximately 1914

• Main Author: Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1914
• Subjects: Dawson (Stern wheeler); Minneapolis (Stern wheeler); Julia B. (Stern wheeler); Stern wheelers > Alaska > Fairbanks; Ballard; Fairbanks; Newell; Pacific; White Pass; Yukon; Dawson; Yukon river; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/transportation/id/419

On verso of image: Fairbanks waterfront. A. Curtis 20159 The DAWSON was a stern-wheeled steamer built in 1898 in Port Blakely for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. She was built under the direction of Captain James W. Troup and she served on the Yukon River. In 1899, she joined the fleet of the White Pass and Yukon route. She was maintained until 1920. The MINNEAPOLIS was also a stern-wheeled steamer. She was built at Tacoma in 1898 for a group of Midwestern mining enthusiasts using the engines from the OTTER. The JULIA B. was a stern-wheeled steamer built by Cook & Lake in 1908 in Ballard for the Yukon Transportation Company. Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966). To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction/reproduction Please cite the Order Number